Books
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The Pluto Files: The Rise and Fall of America's Favorite Planet
Gathered here in one place is a record of Pluto’s rise and fall from planethood, given by way of media accounts, public forums, cartoons, and letters I received from disgruntled school children, their teachers, strongly opinionated adults, and colleagues.
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Death By Black Hole, And Other Cosmic Quandaries
Anthology of the best essays that have appeared in Natural History magazine under the title
Universe.
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Origins: Fourteen Billion Years of Cosmic Evolution
Origins explores cosmic science's stunning new insights into the formation and evolution of our universe: of the cosmos, of galaxies and galaxy clusters, of stars within galaxies, of planets that orbit those stars, and of different forms of life that take us back to the first three seconds and forward through three billion years of life on Earth to today's search for life on other planets.
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Cosmic Horizons: Astronomy at the Cutting Edge
A collection of twenty contributed essays on the modern frontier of astrophysics, with commentary and historical material added by the editors. A book conceived along with the 2000 opening of the Hayden Planetarium and Rose Center for Earth and Space.
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One Universe: At Home in the Cosmos
The connections of astrophysics with everyday life. The companion book to the 2000 opening of the Hayden Planetarium and the Rose Center for Earth and Space. Visit the online version of this book, enhanced with 1,000 hyperlinks, review questions, and problem sets.
Winner: 2001 Science Writing Award, American Institute of Physics
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The Sky Is Not the Limit Adventures of an Urban Astrophysicist
Autobiographical reflections.
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Just Visiting this Planet
A collection of six years from a Q & A column written monthly for Star Date magazine. Sequel to Merlin's Tour of the Universe (see below) that contains chapters of questions about astronomy and space asked by the general public and answered through the pen name
Merlin.
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Universe Down to Earth
Essays on special topics in astronomy that evolved principally from invited talks and lectures delivered for introductory college astronomy classes at Columbia University, University of Maryland, and University of Texas. The book uses creative
household
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Merlin's Tour of the Universe
Thirteen chapters of questions about astronomy and space asked by the general public and answered through the pen name
Merlin.
