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New York: Mikaya Press, 1998. Well illustrated, small slim quarto, pp 64, paperback, the slightest signs of use, but a very good copy. [On July 4, 1997, The Mars Pathfinder lander, cocooned in an ungainly mass of airbags, was dropped from a parachute 40 feet above Mars. It slammed to the surface, kicked up the red Martian dust, bounced along like a giant beach ball and rolled to a stop. Pathfinder's three solar panel "petals" unfolded. Nestled inside was Sojourner, a one foot high, remote control vehicle that looked like something you might find under a Christmas tree. The world had a new hero. The Mars mission was a genuine phenomenon. In a one month period, there were over a half billion hits on the mission's web site, breaking all records by hundreds of millions of hits. The most watched, most talked about space flight since men had landed on the Moon, it was also the most unlikely. In The Adventures of Sojourner, Susi Trautmann Wunsch tells the entire story: from the small team…
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The Adventures of Sojourner : The Mission to Mars That Thrilled the World
by Wunsch, Susi Trautmann
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Copernicus, Philosphy and Science : Bruno - Kepler - Galileo
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Norwalk: Burndy Corporation, 1973. Illustrated, small quarto, pp 31, paperback, a very good copy.. Paperback. New.
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International Auroral Atlas Published for the International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics
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Edinburgh University Press, 1963. Tall quarto, pp 18 + plates and two maps, very cleaninternally, purple cloth in very god condition, in a slightly torn, marked and chipped dustwrapper. . First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/Slightly worn.
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Nature Displayed in the Heavens and on the Earth, according to the latest observations and discoveries
by Shaw, Simeon
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London, Dublin, Edinburgh & New York: Printed for Sir Richard Phillips, 1823. Six volumes, small octavo, pp 588; 600, (15); 584, (10), uncut, a few pages unopened, a little age-toning and marking, one gathering (347-350) in Volume IV detached and gatherings towards the rear of the volume becoming a bit weak and loose, Volume VI has extra bis pages (343* - 354*); very well illustrated with 197 engraved or wood engraved plates (of which 31 are folding) and 50 coloured plates (of which 2 are folding) and 1 folding table; bound in the original pink boards, a bit worn, chipped and marked, original printed paper labels on the spines, the upper cover of Volume V detached, otherwise firm and tight, a neat signature on each front endpaper. Apparently lacking one plate in Volume 1 (Relative Sizes of the Planets) though there is no sign of this ever having been bound in. There are several extra plates to those listed, and our copy would seem to agree with the set at auction at Christie's in 2006 which…
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Rival Theories of Cosmology: A Symposium and Discussion of Modern Theories of the Structure of the Universe
by Bondi, H; Bonnor, W.B; Lyttleton, R.A. & Whitrow, G.J.
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London: Oxford University Press, 1964. Illustrated, 12mo, pp xii, 64, extremely clean internally, maroon cloth in very good condition, the dustwrapper is price-clipped and very slightly rubbed; overall a very bright copy. SCARCE. [A revised version the three talks given on BBC Radio in 1959.]. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/Very Slightly rubbed.
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Sunspots
by Bray, R.J. & Loughhead, R.E.
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London: Dover Publications Inc., 1979. {1964}, Dover reprint 1979. Illustrated, pp xviii, 303, the first 30 pages slightly bumped at the lower corner, otherwise only slight signs of use internally, paperback, covers slightly worn and creased, upper cover curled, fraying slightly at the lower corner, spine creased. SCARCE.. Paperback. Fair.
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The Wonders of Modern Astronomy
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London: Seeley, Service & Co Limited, 1914. Illustrated, small octavo, pp 158, marbled edges, a neat name and address on the firts blank, a school prize label on the front endpaper, slightly age-toned internally, half calf, dull, rubbed and a little faded, lacking a small piece from the head of the spine.. Half Leather. Good.
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