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devil92

so i was going on a trip with my friends this jan... being a fan of space science(astronomy)... not studying it though.... and since i love reading i wanted to get a book related to space, also i want you guys to help me pick a book which i can take with me on my journey. please help me pick a book which can increase my knowledge about space and not fictional books since i have already read alot of fictional books(not related to space though),

My basic criteria's in searching for the book are:

  1. should be 'INFORMATIVE', like i am actually getting to learn from it and ont just wasting my time on a fantasy story(wouldnt hurt, but for now ill pass).
  2. strictly 'NO FICTIONAL'.
  3. "PAPERBACK' would be prefered, can get hardcover later on.
  4. please if possible less then 'RS 1000' that is INR

I am linking some of the sites i use to search for books over here(i.e. INDIA).
Flipkart Snapdeal Amazon

I would be thankful if you guys could help me a book that i can read and as well learn from it....

OPEN TO ALL SUGGESTIONS. DATE or YEAR of a book doesn't matter. you are free to post as you wish :)

Thank you in advance... hf :)

GIveaway COMING SOON(as soon as i can find a region free key :3)

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few of My picks

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COSMOS --Carl Sagan
Black Holes & Time Warps - Einstein's Outrageous Legacy --Kip Thorne
Pale Blue Dot: A Vision of the Human Future in Space --Carl Sagan
The Theory of Everything --Stephen Hawking
The Grand Design --Stephen Hawking
Hyperspace: A Scientific Odyssey Through Parallel Universes, Time Warps, and the Tenth Dimension --
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devil92

Reserved

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LinustheBold

While it's not the newest thing out there any more, one of my favorite books on the growth of space science is "Coming of Age in the Milky Way," by Timothy Ferris.

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devil92

not binded by the date or year the book was published. just want a good book.

and open to all suggestions.

thank you for your contribution. will look into this book. :)

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Kartyl

Solaris by Stanisław Lem.

Your rules wasn't specific enough

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devil92

not rules.. its just basic criteria i have set for myself while looking for a book(s). Since being a student i cant afford to spend on this right now but cant still get 1 or 2 books... and all that i want from the book i am reading a is to be filled with information and not fictional story. :)

Thank you for suggestion though. appreciate it :)

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Zareh

Hmm... Don't have a space related recommendation.

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devil92

no worries will be coming back with other discussion for other genre of books... but for now i need to settle my hunger for space knowledge

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murk3

You and your rules have no power over me, Pikachu. >:(

Seveneves

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devil92

Pika Pika :D
my fav pokemon.. :D

thank you for suggestion though :)

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spacefall

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wrinkles_in_Time

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devil92

thank you for suggestion :)

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dcrockerjr

more topics than titles:
Plasma physics
Resonance
Frequency shifting (something takes one wavelength and emits another)
Entropy vs. Quantum physics
I'm not a physicist but what I've read hints that radioactivity may be due to resonance with cosmic background radiation and stars and planet cores may in part be hot from absorbed cosmic background radiation.
Don't put to much of your life into fancy physics and astronomy though, you will hit a wall because of nuclear non-proliferation and some of the stuff out there is bs disinfo for that reason.
If you want to pursue science lean more toward practical engineering.
also I remember coming across that Michelson-morely [sic?] had been redone with high precision satellites verifying aether, which last i read was thought to be a super-solid; basically one idea is everything is waves and ripples on aether (you can call it space-time distortions, or the fabric of space time, if you fancy but basically for a wave to exist some medium has to be waved)
edit: note resonance is fascinating to read up on, and will eventually have uses in medicine and recycling, but it is an extremely extremely dangerous field of research because unintended and dangerous side effects can easily occur. So don't mess with the field yourself but keep an eye open for new advancements like some of the new specially calibrated medical lasers coming out.

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devil92

i am pursuing computer engg. I am in final year, only last sem remaining Yipeee!! it was my childhood(a bit hypothectical, talking about term childhood) dream to study astronomical engg. but due to some circumstances i could not pursue it. :)

Also i would like to learn About quantum physics.. but one step at a time, thus i am learning a about space a bit and then quantum physics... since quantum computers are the future to solve and provide us with ans to our many questions about space...

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dcrockerjr

If you are pursuing science for fun just be careful of certain pitfalls others have run into, in particular certain types of free energy physics and math that would let one "hook up one's machines to the clockwork of the universe" are classified with good reason where the result would be earthquakes, deterioration of our protective magnetic field, or deterioration of our planets orbit.
geothermal from the earths two tropics (Tropic of Cancer and Tropic of Capricorn) and solar power as long as you offset the extra heat black solar panels collect by using white materials to balance out and reflect some heat back into space are to my knowledge both safe forms of free energy that would meet all the worlds needs.

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Flanolaz

BLINK from Malcolm Gladwell, this book will teach you how to think without thinking

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devil92

a good one.. will order this also... :) would be a good read :)

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akhanubis

A classic, A Brief History of Time by Stephen Hawking or The Universe in a Nutshell (haven't read this one yet).

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