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ADVANCED AMATEUR ASTRONOMY 2nd ed.. by North. Cambridge
Univ. Press. 1997. Soft cover, 400 pages, illustrated. Book give
observing techniques for the serious observer. Topics covered are:
Telescope Optics Atmosphere, seeing, magnification, &
eyepieces Telescope hardware & adjustments Astrophotography with
camera & through telescope Electronic Imaging-Observing techniques on
the following: Moon, Planets, Comets, asteroids, meteors & aurora, sun,
variable stars & novae, methods of photometry, double stars, clusters,
nebulae, galaxies & supernovae, spectroscopy, radio astronomy. An ex-
library copy with all the usual defects(stamps, etc.), but no pocket.
Number inked out on bottom of outer pages. Contents are in VERY
GOOD condition though. ASKING: $10.00

AMATEUR TELESCOPE MAKING ADVANCED (Book Two) A
Sequel to Amateur Telescope Making (Book One) ed. by Ingalls. has
contribution by numerous authorities. Scientific American: 1980.
Hardback, 650 pages, illustrated. A book that will never go out of date.
Everything you need to know about making your own telescope. The
following is just of a few of the topics covered: Sub-diameter tools, metal
mirrors & flats, prisms-flats-mirrors, optical test for telescope mirrors,
how to make rouge, Hartmann test, small lens wrinkles, oculars at small
cost, the refractor, testing convex spherical mirrors, telescope drives,
drives for larger telescopes, Springfield mounting, notes on construction of
F/1 Schmidt camera, micrometers, stellar photography, solar eclipse
photography, richest-field telescope, plus may others. In dust jacket with
small tears, else AS NEW condition. ASKING: $20.00

ASTRONOMY 2nd printing by Menzel. NY: Random no date indicated (I
assume that it is the 1970's). This large format book of 320 page is
illustrated in b/w and color. The book contains a series of unique star
maps. The 24 maps cover the entire sky were created by professor Yu.
Some of the chapters include: Birth of Astronomy, Early Astronomy,
Mechanistic Universe, Rebirth of Astronomy, Instruments of Astronomy,
Earth as Planet, Moon as Planet, Our Sun, Eclipses, Terrestrial Planets,
Giant Planets, Asteroids Comets and Meteors, Origin of Solar System,
Stars and Nebulae, Variable Stars Star Clusters Galaxies and Quasars, Life
in Universe, and Constellation and Sky Maps. This is a good book for
those wanting an overview of astronomy. In dust jacket, VERY GOOD
condition. ASKING: $12.00

ASTROPHYSICAL DATA: Planets and Stars. by Lang. Springer-Verlag
1992. Hardback, 937 pages, illustrated with tables. This volume collects
an enormous amount of reference info ranging from fundamental physical
constants to orbital data for selected asteroids, comets, meteor streams, &
satellites. Chapter on Earth & planets include: for example, data on
magnetic fields, masses, sizes, rotation, orbits, & rings. Other chapters
cover Sun, stars, bright & nearby stars, magnetic stars & active stars.
Larger objects include star clusters & associations, regions of star
formation, emission & reflection nebulae, planetary nebulae, &
supernovae remnants, Also included are data on white dwarfs, pulsars,
candidate black holes, interacting binaries, symbiotic stars, supernovae, &
x-ray & gamma ray sources. Book appears to have come in contact with
moisture, but I would say it does not effect the book vary much. It appears
to have never been used, Book had a list price of $69.95. I am ASKING:
$24.00

EARTHLIKE PLANETS: Surfaces of Mercury, Venus, Earth, Moon,
Mars. by Murray, Malin, & Greeley. Freeman: 1981. Hardback, 387
pages, many detailed illustrations & maps. Book provides a serious
glimpse into comparative planetology. For example, on aeolian
erosion, vulcanism, cratering mechanics, & plate tectonics. Dust
jacket has small tears, otherwise in VERY GOOD condition.
ASKING: $18.00( also have soft cover edition in good condition for
$8.00)

EXPLORING SPACE WITH A CAMERA. ed by Copyright. NASA
SP-168. NASA 1968. Oversized hardback, 214 pages, illustrated in
B/w & color. Book consists of hundreds of images selected from
1,000's of space images. Images are of Earth, Moon, & Mars from
Gemini, Ranger, Apollo, Lunar Orbiter, Mariner, & Surveyor space
probes. Book in VERY GOOD condition. ASKING: $12.00

GENESIS: The3 Story of Apollo 8-The first flight to and another world.
By Zimmermann. NY: 1998. Hardback, 299 pages, illustrated with
historical photos. In dust jacket. Except for small felt pen mark to bottom
outer pages in AS NEW condition. Book has a list price of $25.95. I am
ASKING: $9.00

HIGH ENERGY PHENOMENA ON THE SUN-NATIONAL
AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION NASA SP-342. ed.
by Ramaty, R and Stone, R Washington, NASA 1973. Soft cover, 641
pages, illustrated with graphs, charts & photos. Book is result of
symposium held at Goddard Space Flight Center Sept. 28-30, 1972.
Sections include: Flare Theories & Optical Observations, Microwave &
Hard X-ray Observations, Microwave & Hard X-ray Theories, Ultraviolet
& Soft X-ray Emissions, Nuclear Reactions in Flares, Energetic Particles
fron the Sun, Magnetic Fields & Particle Storage, Radio Emissions in
Corona & Interplanetary Space, & Summary & Outlook. Copy is an ex-
library copy with ascension numbers & library stamp on title page, else in
GOOD condition. ASKING: $14.00

IN SEARCH OF ANCIENT ASTRONOMIES. by ed. Krupp(Dir. Griffith
Obs.) NY: Doubleday 1978. Chapters include: Rings & Menhirs-
Geometry & Astronomy in Neolithic Age, Stonehenge Chronicles,
Archaeoastronomy of North America, Astronomy in Ancient
Mesoamerica, Astronomer-Pyramids-& Priests, Observatories of the Gods
& Other Astronomical Fantasies. In dust jack having small tears, else in
VERY GOOD condition. ASKING: $12.00


OPPENHEIMER. NY: Scribner's 1969. by Rabi, Serber, Weisskopf, Pais,
& Seaborg. Hardback, 19 pages, illustrated with historical photos.
Chapters include: Introduction, Early Years, Los Alamos Years, Princeton
Period, Public Service & Human Contributions. VERY GOOD condition.
ASKING: $7.00

PAUPER AND PRINCE: Ritchey, Hale, and Big American Telescopes.
by Osterbrock, Donald . Tucson, AZ, University of Arizona Press, 1993.
Hardback, 359 pages, illustrated. "..George Willis Ritchey was the builder
of the first large, successful American reflecting telescopes. A telescope
designer who perfected the methods for making astronomical mirrors and
a master of celestial photography, Ritchey worked closely with George
Ellery Hale, the phenomenal fund-raiser and organizer of observatories.
Mount Wilson Observatory stands today as a monument to their
collaboration, yet their very success led to tension, estrangement, and
finally to Ritchey's dismissal and banishment by Hale. Scientists and
historians today know of Ritchey only through the reports of Hale and
Walter S. Adams, Hales's successor as director at Mount Wilson. We
associate Ritchey with the Ritchey-Chretien system, used in almost all
large reflecting telescopes today, with the 60-inch Mount Wilson
telescope, and with the 100-inch Mount Wilson mirror, but we know little
about his life and career. Yet today's large telescopes have demonstrated
the validity of many of Ritchey's predictions, which seemed fantastic to
most of the astronomers of his day. Astronomical historian Donald
Osterbrock now tells Ritchey's story, tracing his career and revealing its
complex interrelationships with Hale's. Drawing on letters preserved in
astronomical archives and on interviews with individuals who knew
Ritchey personally, Osterbrock's book reveals the impact of human pride,
ambition, and character on the development of scientific knowledge and
technology.." In dust jacket. Felt pen mark on outer pages(remainder
mark), else in AS NEW condition. ASKING:$22.00

PRINCIPLES OF PHYSICAL COSMOLOGY. by Peebles(Einstein Prof.
Princeton) Princeton Univ. Press 1993. Hardback, 718 pages, illustrated
with diagrams. Chapters include: Standard Cosmological Model, Mach's
Principle & Cosmological Principle, Realm of the Nebulae, Einstein's
World Model, Expanding Universe, Thermal Cosmic Background
Radiation, Alternative Cosmologies, General Covariance, Motions of Free
Test Particles, Field Equations, Wall-String-& Spherical Solutions,
Robertsin-Walker Geometry, Neoclassical Cosmological Tests,
Cosmology in an Inhomogeneous Universe, Challenges for Standard
Model, Walls-Strings-Monopoles-& Textures, Inflation, Dark Matter,
Measures of Galaxy Distribution, Dynamical Mass Measures, Large-Scale
Mass Distribution, Gravitational Evolution, Young Galaxies &
Intergalactic Medium, Diffuse & Cosmic Radiation Backgrounds, galaxy
Formation, & Lessons & Issues. Some knowledge of calculus required.
In dust jacket, AS NEW condition. ASKING: $22.00

STRANGE WORLD OF THE MOON: An Inquiry into its Physical
Features and Possibility of Life. by Firsoff. NY: Basic Books 1959.
Hardback, 226 pages, illustrated with plates. Chapters include: Dead or
Alive?, Telescopic Panorama, Mountains of the Moon, Sunless Sea,
Seasonal Changes, Colours & Hues, Vexed Question of Lunar
Atmosphere, Structure of Lunar Air, plus others. Some knowledge of
calculus needed. In dust jacket worn at edges, owner name on 1st blank
page, else in GOOD-VERY GOOD condition. ASKING: $12.00

SUNSPOTS. by Baer. Albuquerque: Zomeworks Corp. 1975. Soft cover,
113 pages, illustrated. Contrary to title the book deals with various ways
of solar heating here on the Earth. Owner & name on 1st blank, a few page
have yellow felt pen underlining, else in GOOD condition. ASKING:
$5.00

THE COSMIC INQUIRERS: Modern Telescopes and their Makers by
Tucker & Tucker. Harvard Univ. Press 1986. This hard back book of
221 pages is illustrated from photos. The book is based on interviews
with the pioneers in several new fields of astronomy, it recounts the
efforts of the scientists to promote, design, and build these instruments.
The book is in protected dust jacket. Dust jacket has few very small tears,
else in VERY GOOD condition. ASKING: $14.00

THE GREAT SCIENTISTS: The story of Science told through the lives of
12 landmark figures. by Meadows. NY, Oxford University Press, 1987.
Over sized hardback, illustrated(many in color), 248 pages plus glossary &
index. Scientists discussed are: Aristotle, Galileo, Harvey, Newton,
Lavoisier, Humboldt, Faraday, Darwin, Pasteur, Curie, Freud, and
Einstein. In protected dust jacket. In near AS NEW condition. ASKING:
$12.00

THE HEAVENS AND THE EARTH: A Political History of the Space
Age. by McDougall. NY: 1985. Hardback, 555 pages, illustrated.
This is the first comprehensive political history of the space race. A
very comprehensive study that gives insight into the reasons behind
the "Space Race". In dust jacket, VERY GOOD condition. ASKING:
$12.00

THE HISTORY OF ASTRONOMY. by Abetti. Abelard-Schuman 1952.
Hardback, 338 pages, illustrated. Chapters include: Historical Periods of
Astronomy, Early Greek Astronomers, School of Alexandria, Medieval
Astronomy, Copernicus, Tycho Brahe, Galileo, Kepler, Huygens &
Cassini, Newton, Newton's Successors, Observational Astronomy
(Herschel to Piazzi), Times of Gauss, Bessel, & Struve, Birth of
Astrophysics, 19th Century Astronomy & Celestial Mechanics, Location,
Equipment, & Methods of Modern Observatories, Hale, Eddington, & 20th
Century. In lightly worn dust jacket, otherwise In GOOD-VERY GOOD
condition. ASKING: $15.00

THE LIFE AND TIMES-EINSTEIN-: An Illustrated Biography. by Clark.
NY: Abrams, 1984. Large format hardback, contains many
photographs(over 200), 368 pages. An account of the life and science of
Albert Einstein - one of the greatest physicists of all -viewed against the
intellectual, scientific, and political background of his age. Includes an
Index. In protected dust jacket having small piece missing, else in VERY
GOOD + condition. ASKING: $14.00

THE LITTLE BOOK OF STARS. by Kaler. Copernicus Books 2001.
Small format hardback, 184 pages. Book describes how astronomers have
come to understand the stars around us. Deals with discoveries made over
the last 400 years. In dust jacket, AS NEW condition. Book had list price
of $20.00 I am ASKING: $8.00

THE MILKY WAY 5th ed. third ed. by Bok & Bok Cambridge: Harvard
Univ. Press 1981. This hardback of 356 pages is fully illustrated from
photos & charts. Chapters include: Presenting Milky Way, Data of
Observation, Sun's Nearest Neighbors-Stellar Populations, Moving
Clusters & Open Clusters, Whirling Galaxy, Nucleus of Our Galaxy,
Interstellar Gas, Dark Nebulae & Cosmic Grains, Sprial Structure of
Galaxy, and Our Changing Galaxy. This is an excellent book to learn
about the overall structure of our Galaxy from the experts themselves. In
dust jacket having a few very small tears, otherwise the book is in VERY
GOOD condition. ASKING: $12.00

THE MOMENT OF CREATION by Trefil. NY: Scribner's 1983.
Hardback, 234 pages, illustrated. Chapters include: Big Bang, Ages of
Universe, Problems with Big Bang, Elementary Particles & Quarks,
Fundamental Forces, First Modern Unification, Grand Unification, Decay
of Proton, Moment of Creation, Inflation, Solving Problems of Big Bang,
Search for Relic Particles, Beyond Plank Time, & Fate of Universe. In
dust jacket, AS NEW condition. ASKING: $12.00

THE MOON: A Russian View. by Markov, A.V. editor University of
Chicago Press. Chicago: 1962. Hardback, 391 pages, illustrated with
charts and plates,2 lunar maps( 16 by 18 inches) laid into pocket in rear
cover. A collection of monographs written by Soviet scientists. Chapters
include: Motion-Rotation & Figure of Moon, Lunar Cartography &
Selenographic Coordinates, Description of Lunar Surface, Problem of
Lunar Atmosphere, Physical Properties of Lunar Surface, Study of Moon
by Radio, Characteristic Features of the Relief of Moon, Role of External
Cosmic Factors in Evolution of Moon, Nature of Lunar Surface. Spine
lightly rubbed, else in VERY GOOD condition. ASKING: $26.00

THE NATURE OF VARIABLE STARS. by Merrill. NY: Macmillan
1938. 1st ed. Hardback, 134 pages, illustrated with tables & graphs.
Chapters include: Nature of Stars in General, Varieties of Variable Stars,
Discovery & Cataloguing, Light Curves, Physical Properties, New or
Temporary Stars, Motions, Variable Stars & the Stellar System. This is the
1st ed. of this classic work. Inside front cover pasted in title over what
appears to stamp of Merchant Marine, 1st blank page has stamp of past
owner, on inside of back cover is written " United States Coast Guard".
Other than these defects, book is in GOOD or better condition. ASKING:
$15.00

THE NEMESIS AFFAIR: A Story of the Death of Dinosaurs and the
Ways of Science, by Raup. NY: Norton 1986. Hardback, 220 pages,
illustrated. In recounting the "Nemesis Affair, " Raup aims to elucidate
the scientific and journalistic climate in which the idea was born. The
story begins with a 1980 paper in Science implicating impact of an
extraterrestrial body with Earth as the cause of dinosaur extinction. It
proceeds through the later hypothesis that mass extinctions are
time-periodic and astrophysicists' suggestions (including "Nemesis, " an
undiscovered small companion star to our sun) to explain the periodicity.
All the hypotheses are still under debate. Raup, an evolutionary biologist
at the University of Chicago and a participant in the "Nemesis Affair, " is
a clear-eyed and frank, if not completely unbiased, reporter. Nemesis is the
name given by scientists to a (theoretical) small companion star to our sun.
Every 26 million years, Nemesis's orbit brings it close enough to the sun to
bombard our solar system with billions of comets. While most of the
comets will float harmlessly beyond the outer planets, some passing
through the sun's Oort Cloud will be deflected by its gravitational force
toward Earth. Such a "large-body impact, " the Nemesis theory holds, was
responsible for the mass extinction that led to the demise of the dinosaurs.
The next impact, millions of years from now, might very well extinguish
humanity. In this lively, fascinating, and often disturbing book, updated
and revised with the latest scientific evidence on terrestrial impacts, Raup
re-explores the controversies of the Nemesis theory from the trenches of
the scientific community, and investigates the issues--both scientific and
philosophical--of mass extinction. In dust jacket, AS NEW condition.
ASKING: $8.00