New Books

New Books List for January 2007

The following books were received at the Astronomy Library during January 2007. Please check library stacks or ask library staff for assistance.

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Astrochemistry: From Astronomy to Astrobiology. By Andrew M. Shaw. Chichester: John Wiley & Sons, 2006. QB450 S53 2006

Astrophysical Techniques. By C.R. Kitchin. 4th ed. Boca Raton, Fla: Taylor & Francis, 2003. QB461 K57 2003

The Cambridge Encyclopedia of Stars. By James B. Kaler. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2006. QB801.6 K35 2006

A Companion to Astronomy and Astrophysics: Chronology and Glossary with Data Tables. By Kenneth R. Lang. New York: Springer, 2006. QB14 L36 2006

Evolutionary Processes in Binary and Multiple Stars. By Peter Eggleton. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2006. QB821 E34 2006.

Gravitational Lensing: Strong, Weak and Micro. By P. Schneider, C. Kochanek, J. Wambsganss. Berlin: Springer, 2006. QB857.5 G7 S363 2006

Handbook of CCD Astronomy. By Steve B. Howell. 2nd ed. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2006. QB127.4 H69 2006

Hubble: 15 Years of Discovery. By Lars Lindberg Christensen & Bob Fosbury. New York: Springer, 2006. QB500.268 C47 2006

In Search of Dark Matter. By Ken Freeman and Geoff McNamara. Berlin: Springer, 2006. QB791.3 F74 2006

An Introduction to Astrophysical Fluid Dynamics. Michael J. Thompson. London: Imperial College Press, 2006. QB466 F58 T458 2006

An Introduction to Modern Astrophysics. Bradley W. Carroll, Dale A. Ostlie. 2nd ed. San Francisco: Pearson Addison-Wesley, 2007. QB461 C35 2007

The Monthly Sky Guide Ian Ridpath. 7th ed. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2006. QB63 R525 2006

Nonimaging Fresnel Lenses: Design and Performance of Solar Concentrators. Ralf Leutz, Akio Suzuki. Berlin: Springer, 2001. TJ810 L49 2001

Nonimaging Optics. Roland Winston, Juan C. Miñano and Pablo Benítez. Amsterdam: Elsevier Academic Press, 2005. TJ812 W56 2005

Observational Astronomy. D. Scott Birney, Guillermo Gonzalez, David Oesper. 2nd ed. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2006. QB145 B52 2006

Planetary Rings. Larry Esposito. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2006. QB603 R55 E875 2006

Pulsar Astronomy. Andrew G. Lyne, Francis Graham-Smith. 3rd ed. Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2006. QB843 P8 L86 2006.

Solar Activity and Its Magnetic Origin: Proceedings of the 233rd Symposium of the International Astronomical Union held in Cairo, Egypt, March 31 - April 4 , 2006. Edited by Volker Bothmer and Ahmed Abdel Hady. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2006. QB539 M23 I583 2006.

The Violent Universe: Joyrides through the X-ray Cosmos. Kimberly Weaver. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2005. QB472 W43 2005

Wandering Stars: About Planets and Exo-planets: an Introductory Notebook / George H.A. Cole. London: Imperial College Press, 2006. QB601 C653 2006