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These three volumes have done great service communicating the romance of astronomy and awe of the universe to thousands of newcomers, and are unsurpassed in their ambition to describe the sky with a narrative of many colors. The typewriter printed, three volume, 2100 page long 'Burnham' has many devoted fans among amateur astronomers, but I'm not among them. Burnham's Celestial Handbook: An Observer's Guide to the Universe Beyond the Solar System (Revised & Enlarged Edition). (New York NY: Springer Science & Business Media, 2006.) (Cambridge MA: Harvard University Press, 1974.) The Milky Way (4th ed., revised and enlarged). A thorough and rigorous treatment of the mathematics underpinning spatial geometry, coordinate systems, time systems, orbital dynamics, parallax, radial velocities, eclipses, ephemerides and more, with technical chapters on photometry and spectroscopy the text is clear and authoritative. (Boca Raton FL: Taylor & Francis Group, 2007.) An expert but not overly technical introduction to the three laws of thermodynamics (plus the 'zero law' of temperature and the distribution of quantum energies).Ĭesare Barbieri. (New York NY: Oxford University Press, 2007.) (Cambridge UK: Cambridge University Press, 2008.) Conveniently organized into short chapters with expert discussions of equipment and observing techniques. Observing and Measuring Visual Double Stars (2nd edition).

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An informative look at the scientific and amateur study of star clusters, with information on classifications, catalogs and observing instruments the 'comprehensive observing list' contains less than 5% of known galactic star clusters and many globular clusters, but comprises a fine representative sample with full descriptive notes.īob Argyle (ed.). And pondering things, just sort of thinking about it and thinking about it, turns out to be a pretty good approach. I wouldn't have done well in an Olympiad or a math contest. Isaac Newton, Principia Mathematica, Preface (1687)

I offer this work as the mathematical principles of philosophy, for the whole burden of philosophy seems to consist in this from the phenomena of motions to investigate the forces of nature, and then from these forces to demonstrate the other phenomena. Without these means it is humanly impossible to understand a word and one is wandering around in a dark labyrinth. It is written in mathematical language, and its characters are triangles, circles and other geometrical figures. Philosophy is written in that most grand book which stands continually open before our eyes (I mean the universe), but it cannot be understood unless one learns to comprehend its language and to know the characters in which it is written.

Even so, several books in my library are out of print volumes snagged through online used booksellers: the older literature often surpasses anything currently available. Turnover is rapid many of my books are second or later editions. At present the four major English language publishers of astronomical titles are Cambridge University Press, Sky Publishing Corporation, Springer (as Springer-Verlag or Springer Science & Business Media), and Willmann-Bell.

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