New Books List for December 2005 / January 2006
The following books were received at the Astronomy Library during December 2005 / January 2006. Please check library stacks or ask library staff for assistance.
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QB88 Z57 2005 . . . . An Acre of Glass: A History and Forecast of the Telescope / By Jack B. Zirker. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2005. Table of contents available online.
QB16 R84 2005 . . . . Ancient Astronomy: An Encyclopedia of Cosmologies and Myth / By Clive Ruggles. Santa Barbara, Calif.: ABC-CLIO, 2005. Table of contents available online.
QB721 F47 2005 . . . . Comets : Nature, Dynamics, Origin, and their Cosmogonical Relevance / By Julio Angel Fernandez. Dordrecht : Springer, 2005. Astrophysics and Space Science Library v.328.
QB500.268 S6237 2000 . . . . A Decade of Hubble Space Telescope Science / Edited by Mario Livio, et al. Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2003. Sample text, publisher description and table of contents available online.
QB45.2 A78 2004 . . . . Explorations: Stars, Galaxies, and Planets, updated ed. / By Thomas T. Arny. Boston: McGraw-Hill, 2004.
QB857.5 E96 S65 2005 . . . . Galaxy Formation and Evolution / By Hyron Spinrad. Berlin : Springer, 2005. Springer-Praxis books in Astrophysics and Astronomy.
QB470 A1 H54 2005 . . . . High Resolution Infrared Spectroscopy in Astronomy / Edited by H.U. Käufl, et al. Berlin : Springer, 2005.
QB33 A75 H57 2002 . . . . History of Oriental Astronomy / Edited by S. M. Razaullah Ansari. Dordrecht : Kluwer Academic Publishers, 2002. Astrophysics and Space Science Library v.274.
QB36 B57 E44 2005 . . . . Kristian Birkeland: The First Space Scientist. / By Alv Egeland and William J. Burke. Dordrecht : Springer, 2005. Astrophysics and Space Science Library v.325.
QB807 J64 2005 . . . . Miss Leavitt's Stars: The Untold Story of the Woman Who Discovered How to Measure the Universe / By George Johnson. New York: W. W. Norton, 2005. Table of contents available online.
QB581 G74 2005 . . . . The Moon and How to Observe It / By Peter Grego. London: Springer-Verlag, 2005. Astronomers' Observing Guides.
QB82 F82 S77 2005 . . . . The Multinational History of Strasbourg Astronomical Observatory / Edited by Andre Heck. Dordrecht: Springer, 2005. Astrophysics and Space Science Library v.330.
QB843 D9 R45 2005 . . . . New Light on Dark Stars: Red Dwarfs, Low-Mass Stars, Brown Dwarfs, 2nd ed. / By I. Neill Reid and Suzanne L. Hawley. Berlin : Springer, 2005. Springer-Praxis Books in Astrophysics and Astronomy.
QB790 T54 2005 . . . . The Physics and Chemistry of the Interstellar Medium / By A. G. G. M. Tielens. Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2005.
QB601 P52 2000 . . . . The Planets [videorecording]. A BBC/A & E network co-production. New York: New Video Group, 2000. v. 1. Different worlds ; Terra Firma -- v. 2. Giants ; Moon -- v. 3. Star ; Atmosphere -- v. 4. Life beyond the Sun ; Destiny.
QB701 S84 2005 . . . . Pluto and Charon: Ice Worlds on the Ragged Edge of the Solar System, 2nd ed. / By Alan Stern and Jacqueline Mitton. Weinheim, Great Britain : VCH-Wiley, 2005.
QB85.8 W38 2005 . . . . Stargazer: The Life and Times of the Telescope / By Fred Watson. Cambridge, MA: Da Capo Press, 2005.
QB857.5 E96 P55 2005 . . . . The Structure and Evolution of Galaxies / By Steven Phillipps. Chichester: Wiley, 2005.
QB982 W43 2005 . . . . What's Out There: Images from Here to the End of the Universe / By Mary K. Baumann, et al. London: Duncan Baird Publishers, 2005.