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xviii, 215 pages ; 22 cm
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English
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Everyone is curious about life in the Universe, UFOs and whether ET is out there. Over the course of his thirty-year career as an astrophysicist, Adam Frank has consistently been asked about the possibility of intelligent life in the universe. Are aliens real? Where are they? Why haven't we found them? What happens if we do? We've long been led to believe that astronomers spend every night searching the sky for extraterrestrials, but the truth is...
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304 pages : illustrations, charts ; 22 cm
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English
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"One of the most powerful questions humans ask about the cosmos is: Are we alone? While the science behind this inquiry is fascinating, it doesn't exist in a vacuum. It is a reflection of our values, our fears, and most importantly, our enduring sense of hope. In The Possibility of Life, acclaimed science journalist Jaime Green traces the history of our understanding, from the days of Galileo and Copernicus to our contemporary quest for exoplanets....
5) Hel's eight
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343 pages ; 20 cm
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English
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"Ten "Doc" Low is a medic with a dark past, riding the wastes of the desert moon Factus, dispensing medicine to the needy and death to those who cross the laws of the mysterious Seekers. Cursed by otherworldly forces, she stays alone to keep herself safe, and to keep others safe from her ... But when she experiences a terrifying vision of conflict and the deaths of those she once called friends, she must drag herself back to the land of the living...
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Imperial Radch volume 5
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English
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"When Enae's grandmaman passes away, Enae inherits something entirely unexpected: a diplomatic assignment to track down a fugitive who has been missing for over 200 years. No one actually expects Enae to succeed; it's an empty assignment meant to keep her occupied. But Enae has never had a true purpose -- no one ever expected her to do more than care for grandma -- so she is determined to accomplish this task to the best of her ability. Reet knows...
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246 pages ; 24 cm
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English
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"In New York Times bestseller Extraterrestrial, Avi Loeb, Chair of Harvard's Astronomy Department, presented a theory that shook the scientific community: our solar system, Loeb claimed, had been visited by a piece of advanced alien technology from a distant star. This provocative and persuasive argument opened thousands of minds to the vast possibilities of our universe and the existence of intelligent life beyond Earth. But a crucial question remained:...
9) Life on Mars
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48 pages : color illustrations ; 19 x 24 cm.
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English
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"Mars appears to be a cold, dry planet. Yet scientists have used technology to find evidence of water that once covered it. Now they want to know if Mars may have had living things in the past-and whether the planet could support life in the future! This book takes readers on an exciting out-of-this-world voyage and uncovers cutting-edge technology while supporting STEM and NGSS standards. Each book contains fact boxes, sidebars, a glossary, an index,...
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xxii, 518 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm
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English
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This thrilling story of science, the Cold War, Nazi research, atomic anxieties, secret spy planes and the space race draws on original archival research, declassified documents and interviews to present a narrative history of humanity's hunt for alien life, including the military and CIA's secret, decades-long quest to study UFOs.
Are we alone in the universe? From the post-war Project Blue Book to the Pentagon's modern-day Advanced Aerospace Threat...
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xi, 225 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
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English
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"Spoiler: Scientists haven't discovered life beyond Earth, not even a single teeny-tiny organism. But there's a whole lot of outer space, and humans have searched only a fraction of a fraction of it. So do you believe in the possibility of life out there? Or do you think Earth is perfectly unique in its ability to grow organisms? Packed with playful illustrations and fascinating factoids, 'Where Are the Aliens?' will take you on a journey of scientific...
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448 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.
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English
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It's hard to give peace a chance when the other side regards war as the necessary prelude to conquest, and a sneak attack as the best means to that end.
On the planet Grayson to participate in diplomatic talks between the Kingdom of Manticore and the Republic of Haven, Honor Harrington discovers that she is stuck on a fiercely patriarchal, misogynist planet.
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1 volume (unpaged) : chiefly color illustrations ; 27 cm
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English
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Duncan Idaho follows a beacon to escape the hunt; Baron Harkonnen and the Reverend Mother make an agreement; Padot Kynes helps some Fremen and visits one of their sietches; Leto explores Ix and overhears a dangerous secret.
15) The sunlit man
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Landing on a new planet where he's instantly caught up in the struggle between a tyrant and the rebels, Nomad, in a world under constant threat of a sunrise whose heat will melt the very stones, must gain enough power to leap offworld before he pays the ultimate price.
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Kidou senshi Gundam the origin volume 8
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468 pages : chiefly illustrations (some color) ; 22 cm
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English
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In a brutal civil war, half of humanity has been wiped out, while Zeon's army of Zaku mobile suits is the ultimate decisive weapon. With the Federation's first Gundam out of action, teen Amuro Ray miraculously stumbles on a second unit -- the awesome RX-78 Gubdan. Now, in control of a machine with unparalleled destructive power, will Amuro's actions save the colony's survivors or destroy them?
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Kidou senshi Gundam the origin volume 9
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440 pages : chiefly illustrations (some color) ; 22 cm
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English
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The 13th Autonomous Mobile Suit Squadron returns from space in order to bring the war to the Principality of Zeon, setting off a confrontation that will have reverberations throughout history.
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408 pages : chiefly illustrations (some color) ; 21 cm
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English
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"[In] this ... tenth volume of Vertical's amazing English translation of Mobile Suit Gundam: The Origin, we move towards the end of the One Year War. But not without devastating losses on both sides as the battle for the asteroid fortress Solomon, one of the last lines of defense before the Zeon homeland of Side 3, rages"--Review on Amazon.com.
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1 volume (unpaged) : chiefly color illustrations ; 27 cm
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English
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"Planetologist Padot Kynes arrives on Arrakis and goes on a sandworm hunt; the Bene Gesserit discuss a secret hope about the Kwizatz Haderach; Duncan Idaho tries to escape from the Harkonnens; Leto Atreides can't wait to explore Ix but he is left stranded on a strange planet"--
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332 pages : illustration ; 24 cm
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English
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"This memoir charts the life of Dr. Aomawa Shields as an astronomer, classically-trained actor, mother, and Black woman in STEM as she searches for life in the universe while building a meaningful life here on Earth"--
"A stunning and inspiring memoir charting a life as an astronomer, classically-trained actor, mother, and Black woman in STEM, searching for life in the universe while building a meaningful life here on Earth. As a child, Aomawa Shields...
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