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Books like Great Astronomers

Across Space Science, Astronomy, Science & Technology, and Classics — 24 books that belong on the same shelf as Great Astronomers by Robert S. Ball.

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A diverse selection of titles that share the core themes and atmosphere of Great Astronomers.

Life of James Ferguson, F. R. S. In a Brief Autobiographical Account, and Further Extended Memoir — James Ferguson

Life of James Ferguson, F. R. S. In a Brief Autobiographical Account, and Further Extended Memoir

Themes: Space Science • Astronomy • Science & Technology

My Remarkable Journey A Memoir — Katherine G. Johnson

My Remarkable Journey A Memoir

Katherine G. Johnson

Themes: Space Science • Astronomy • Science & Technology

The Milky Way An Autobiography of Our Galaxy — Moiya McTier

The Milky Way An Autobiography of Our Galaxy

Themes: Space Science • Astronomy • Science & Technology

Infinite Powers How Calculus Reveals the Secrets of the Universe — Steven Strogatz

Infinite Powers How Calculus Reveals the Secrets of the Universe

Steven Strogatz

Themes: Space Science • Astronomy • Science & Technology

Les Fondateurs de l’Astronomie Moderne — Joseph Bertrand

Les Fondateurs de l’Astronomie Moderne

Joseph Bertrand

Themes: Space Science • Astronomy • Science & Technology

The Ultimate Biography of Earth From the Big Bang to Today! — Nick Lund

The Ultimate Biography of Earth From the Big Bang to Today!

Themes: Space Science • Astronomy • Science & Technology

Kepler and the Universe How One Man Revolutionized Astronomy — David Love

Kepler and the Universe How One Man Revolutionized Astronomy

Themes: Space Science • Astronomy • Science & Technology

The Fire of Stars The Life and Brilliance of the Woman who Discovered what Stars are Made of — Kirsten W. Larson

The Fire of Stars The Life and Brilliance of the Woman who Discovered what Stars are Made of

Kirsten W. Larson

Themes: Space Science • Astronomy • Science & Technology

Exactly How Precision Engineers Created the Modern World — Simon Winchester

Exactly How Precision Engineers Created the Modern World

Simon Winchester

Themes: Space Science • Astronomy • Science & Technology

Kepler’s Witch An Astronomer’s Discovery of Cosmic Order Amid Religious War, Political Intrigue, and the Heresy Trial of His Mother — James A. Connor

Kepler’s Witch An Astronomer’s Discovery of Cosmic Order Amid Religious War, Political Intrigue, and the Heresy Trial of His Mother

James A. Connor

Themes: Space Science • Astronomy • Science & Technology

The Universe in a Mirror The Saga of the Hubble Telescope and the Visionaries who Built it — Robert Zimmerman

The Universe in a Mirror The Saga of the Hubble Telescope and the Visionaries who Built it

Robert Zimmerman

Themes: Space Science • Astronomy • Science & Technology

3-Minute Stephen Hawking His Life, Theories, and Influence in 3-Minute Particles — Paul Parsons

3-Minute Stephen Hawking His Life, Theories, and Influence in 3-Minute Particles

Themes: Space Science • Astronomy • Science & Technology

The Perfect Theory A Century of Geniuses and the Battle Over General Relativity — Pedro G. Ferreira

The Perfect Theory A Century of Geniuses and the Battle Over General Relativity

Pedro G. Ferreira

Themes: Space Science • Astronomy • Science & Technology

My Brief History — Stephen Hawking

My Brief History

Stephen Hawking

Themes: Space Science • Astronomy • Science & Technology

Letters from an Astrophysicist — Neil deGrasse Tyson

Letters from an Astrophysicist

Neil deGrasse Tyson

Themes: Space Science • Astronomy • Science & Technology

This Erratic Planet What Happens When the Earth Changes Its Axis of Rotation (New Edition) — Ian Niall Rankin

This Erratic Planet What Happens When the Earth Changes Its Axis of Rotation (New Edition)

Ian Niall Rankin

Themes: Space Science • Astronomy • Science & Technology

The Search for the Meaning of Space, Time, and Matter Images of Many Travels — Kai Woehler

The Search for the Meaning of Space, Time, and Matter Images of Many Travels

Themes: Space Science • Astronomy • Science & Technology

Galileo’s Daughter A Drama of Science, Faith and Love — Dava Sobel

Galileo’s Daughter A Drama of Science, Faith and Love

Themes: Space Science • Astronomy • Science & Technology

The Eclipse Of 1919 How Einstein’s Theory of General Relativity Changed Our World — Emily Arnold McCully

The Eclipse Of 1919 How Einstein’s Theory of General Relativity Changed Our World

Emily Arnold McCully

Themes: Space Science • Astronomy • Science & Technology

Galileo — John Heilbron

Themes: Space Science • Astronomy • Science & Technology

Stargazers Copernicus, Galileo, the Telescope and the Church : the Astronomical Renaissance 1500-1700 — Allan Chapman

Stargazers Copernicus, Galileo, the Telescope and the Church : the Astronomical Renaissance 1500-1700

Themes: Space Science • Astronomy • Science & Technology

Discoveries and Opinions of Galileo — Galileo

Discoveries and Opinions of Galileo

Themes: Space Science • Astronomy • Science & Technology

Making Contact Jill Tarter and the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence — Sarah Scoles

Making Contact Jill Tarter and the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence

Themes: Space Science • Astronomy • Science & Technology

Sidereus Nuncius, Or The Sidereal Messenger — Galileo Galilei

Sidereus Nuncius, Or The Sidereal Messenger

Galileo Galilei

Themes: Space Science • Astronomy • Science & Technology

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