galaxies

GUESS Nadine Top, GALAXY BLUE/TRUE WHITE (S)
$69.00
Checkered chic gets a rocker makeover on this fitted top. Snap-up front and snap pockets?in true western style. Just slip on your favorite denim and boots and you've got an instant cutting-edge trend. 62% cotton, 34% nylon, 4% spandex Machine wash cold Women > Tops > Long Sleeve

Galaxies and the Cosmic Frontier
$29.95
This book starts off with simple galactic morphology, and quickly delves into much weightier topics, such as the dynamics and evolution of galaxies, galactic interactions, and active galactic nuclei. The book gets into some deeper cosmological issues, as well.

The style of writing is that of a textbook, but it is never dry or boring, merely very informative, and not wasteful of words.

This book could easily be used for an astronomy course for non-scientists, or added as supplemental reading for a more rigorous astronomy class.

Galaxies: A Very Short Introduction (Very Short Introductions)
$11.95
Of all the astronomical objects that are visible to the human eye, perhaps the most fascinating ones are the galaxies. This is in large measure due to the most familiar elliptical galaxies, of which our own Milky Way is an example. Their twirling, irregular shapes are fascinating to the eye, for more or less the same reasons that the rings of Saturn attract attention. They are an exception to the universe that is filled with perfectly spherical or pointlike objects, with very little of internal structure. And just like Saturn, the fascinating shape of the galaxies has only been revealed with the advent of a telescope, and not until well into the 20th century did we realize that these "island universes" lay far outside out of the Milky Way.

If you are interested in finding out more about galaxies, what they are, how did we come to know about them, how they develop, and what their ultimate destiny is, then John Gribbin's book is an excellent introduction to the subject. It is accessible to a non-expert, and very little scientific understanding is assumed. It is very readable and interesting, and it will take a reader on a fascinating intellectual journey across the universe. After reading this book, you will be looking at the universe with a whole new set of eyes, and would hopefully appreciate our own place in cosmos.

Geometry Wars: Galaxies
$19.99
If you're into old-school shooters with no plot and boring graphics, then this is for you. It's controls well, but isn't my cup of tea. Bought it for $[...] new on Amazon, but kinda wish I hadn't.