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Sterling Publishing Co., 2006. Paperback. New Book. Paperback. Sanderson and Harrington present a text for general readers highlighting key moments in the field of astronomy. Beginning with the Big Bang 13.7 billion years ago, the book portrays, in a chronological timeline, pivotal discoveries and spectacular events in the history of astronomy from all parts of the world. Each key event or discovery is accompanied by an image of the person, instrument, or event in the sky related to it. Entry texts are col... more information

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Firefly Books Ltd., 2006. Paperback. New Book. Paperback. The editor of Popular Astronomy provides advice for using small to medium telescopes, binoculars, and even Webcam imaging to view the solar system. He introduces the features of our solar system planets (still treating Pluto as a regulation planet) and other celestial phenomena, and tools for viewing them. The guide includes a glossary and resources. Grego is also the author of Moon Observer's Guide. (©2007 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR) ... more information

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Firefly Books Ltd., 2006. Paperback. New Book. Paperback. The editor of Popular Astronomy provides advice for using small to medium telescopes, binoculars, and even Webcam imaging to view the solar system. He introduces the features of our solar system planets (still treating Pluto as a regulation planet) and other celestial phenomena, and tools for viewing them. The guide includes a glossary and resources. Grego is also the author of Moon Observer's Guide. (© Book News, Inc., Portland, OR) ... more information

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Voyageur Press, 2005. New Book. Spiral Binding. Narrated in a friendly and conversational tone by an experienced teacher of backyard astronomy, this guide features compelling color plates showing night skies, easy-to-read diagrams of constellations, and whimsical illustrations. Text provides basic scientific information in addition to mythical stories about the constellations. Appendices include a planet locator, as well as monthly star maps and a list of the brightest stars in New England. The sturdy spir... more information

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John Wiley & Sons, 2008. Paperback. New Book. Paperback. For students and amateur astronomers, this volume describes the 21 brightest stars visible from Earth, how to find them and the major constellations, and the best ways to see them. Each has its own chapter, along with chapters on the basics of astronomical observation and the nature of stars and different types. Connected stories and legends are detailed as well as the stars' physical properties. Schaaf is the author of several astronomy book... more information

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Sterling Publishing Co., 2009. Hardbound. New Book. Hardbound. Bell (astronomy, Cornell U.) has collected 3-D photographs of the lunar landscape taken during both robotic and manned missions and presents them in this volume that has a pair of viewing glasses built into the front flap. Written for anyone interested in seeing celestial landscapes through a novel format, this book also includes text that details the conquest of the moon, common lunar stories and folklore and a review of future excursions plan... more information

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Chelsea House, 2006. Hardbound. New Book. Hardbound. ... more information

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Firefly Books Ltd., 2004. Paperback. New Book. Paperback. Astronomy writer and editor Dickinson (who is so cool he even has an asteroid named after him) augments stunning photographs from space telescopes and illustrations with clear, accessible text and a nice collection of data. In this edition Dickinson includes the latest information on the universe(s), planets, stars, galaxies and telescopes. He closes with what we are just learning about the dreams and nightmares that wait beyond. The foreword is by ... more information

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Oxford U. Press, 2002. Hardbound. New Book. Hardbound. Drawing on observations from Chandra, Newton, and previous X- ray observatories, the author provides an accessible introduction to the history, methods, and future of X-ray astronomy. Throughout he emphasizes the importance of Chandra--a space-based telescope like Hubble--and future telescopes like it, and discusses why X-ray astronomy is worth the expense. Schlegel is a research astrophysicist at the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory. (©2003 ... more information

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National Geographic Society, 2009. Hardbound. New Book. Hardbound. Shostak is senior astronomer at the SETI Institute in California, which runs the world's most sensitive search for extraterrestrial intelligence, and he contributes frequently to radio and print media. He describes his work, that of the Institute, and that of many others--mostly amateurs but some astronomy professionals working during their off-hours--to find evidence of other intelligence in the universe. His topics include news that w... more information

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John Wiley & Sons, 2003. Hardbound. New Book. Hardbound. Drawn from the contents of the 2002 ninth edition of the larger, two-volume encyclopedia, this condensed volume was undertaken to make available a general reference for a less technical audience. Editors DePree (physics and astronomy, Agnes College, Decatur, GA) and historian Axelrod reduced the larger reference by 75%, eliminating some entries (a great proportion of those related to materials sciences and information sciences) and abridging othe... more information

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Beacon Press, 2008. Hardbound. New Book. Hardbound. Bergland (English and gender/cultural studies, Simmons College) establishes Mitchell firmly in the constellation of Yankee intellectuals, reminding us that in Mitchell's day her passion for astronomy was not untoward; clever girls were encouraged to pursue work in mathematics and science, which were considered closer to home, less politically threatening than the humanities and definitely less likely to be lucrative. Working from her rooftop, Mitchell... more information

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United Nations Publications, 2008. Paperback. New Book. Paperback. Based on reports prepared for the UN Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space from 2006 and 2007, this includes details on international as well as national space programs and the development of space law and reviews developments in space science, technology and applications. Sections cover space transportation with current launch activities and development, robotic earth orbital activities in telecommunications and remote sensing and ... more information

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Astronomical Soc./Pacific, 2000. Hardbound. New Book. Hardbound. Representatives of the astronomical and technical communities trade views on the state of the Next Generation Space Telescope just after instrument studies in the US, Europe, and Canada were completed and being presented in public for the first time, and Phase A prime contractors had been selected and were beginning their detailed design studies. In 66 reports they consider problems facing the design, construction, and use of the instrument a... more information

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Astronomical Soc./Pacific, 2000. Hardbound. New Book. Hardbound. Papers from an August 1999 meeting are arranged in sections on the present and future of large-scale surveys, variability of high- luminosity stars, cepheids and RR Lyrae stars, the Blazhko phenomenon, theoretical models of classical pulsating stars, variables close to the main sequence, and pulsating white dwarfs and subdwarfs. Specific topics include nonradial modes in RR Lyrae stars, nonlinear pulsations of convective stellar models, oscil... more information

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Astronomical Soc./Pacific, 2000. Hardbound. New Book. Hardbound. Proceedings of a June 1999 meeting that brought together some 125 scientists and engineers from 14 different countries working on the development of astronomical imaging at radio through submillimeter wavelengths. Papers report on advances in heterodyne and bolometric instrumentation, techniques for acquiring and processing single dish images, results from surveys and wide-field imaging, interferometric multi-field imaging, phase and amplitud... more information

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Transaction Publishers, 2009. Paperback. New Book. Paperback. Marcet (1769-1858) learned mathematics, astronomy, and philosophy at home in London, where she came into contact with many professional scientists, and wrote books in a wide range of fields that not only popularized the sciences but often served as introductory textbooks. This one was first published in 1816, and is reprinted here from the seventh edition, published in 1839 by Longman, Orme, Brown, and Greene and Longmans in London. It is in the... more information

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Astronomical Soc./Pacific, 2001. Hardbound. New Book. Hardbound. Recent research in wide-field astronomy is reported in these papers from an August 2000 conference, encompassing theoretical developments as well as innovations in observational instrumentation. Advances in wide-field cosmology and extragalactic astronomy, wide-field galactic astronomy, wide-field planetary astronomy, databases and access, new telescopes and instruments, and new surveys are detailed. There is also material on the wide-field p... more information

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Astronomical Soc./Pacific, 2001. Hardbound. New Book. Hardbound. Proceedings of one of a series of conferences organized in celebration of the 200th anniversary of Giuseppe Piazzi's momentous discovery of the first of the asteroids. The fall 2000 X-ray astronomy conference, held in Palermo, Italy, was attended by about 200 international researchers; their papers cover a range of problems from stellar and solar coronae to open clusters, supernova remnants, compact objects, normal galaxies, clusters of g... more information

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Astronomical Soc./Pacific, 2001. Hardbound. New Book. Hardbound. Consists of 120 papers from the November 2000 meeting on the development of software for astronomy, sky surveys, and science data pipelines, and the related fields of education and public outreach. Example topics are new data from the Chandra x-ray observatory, the image reduction pipeline for the Sloan digital sky survey, CORBA as an interoperability tool for astronomy, software engineering practices for the European southern observatory ver... more information

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