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Vision 21 Books

Some of the Astronomy Books
Ordered FY 2000/01


Cosmic horizons : astronomy at the cutting edge
Soter, Steven
520. SOTER

Encyclopedia of astronomy and astrophysics
R 520.3 ENCYCLO

The book of the cosmos : imagining the universe from Heraclitus to Hawking
520.9 BOOK

Understanding the heavens : thirty centuries of astronomical ideas from ancient thinking to modern cosmology
Pecker, Jean Claude
520.9 PECKER

On the cosmic horizon : ten great mysteries for third millennium astronomy
Bennett, Jeffrey O.
520.905 BENNETT

Henry Norris Russell : dean of American astronomers
DeVorkin, David H.
520.92 RUSSELL DEVORKI

Handbook of CCD astronomy
Howell, Steve B.
522.2 HOWELL

Stardust : supernovae and life -- the cosmic connection
Gribbin, John R.
523.02 GRIBBIN

Cosmology revealed : living inside the cosmic egg
Fairall, Anthony
523.1 FAIRALL

Atom : an odyssey from the big bang to life on Earth -- and beyond
Krauss, Lawrence Maxwell
523.1 KRAUSS

Before the beginning : our universe and others
Rees, Martin J.
523.1 REES

Illustrated encyclopedia of the universe
Ridpath, Ian
523.1 RIDPATH

The Scientific American book of the cosmos
523.1 SCIENTI

Our universe : the thrill of extragallactic exploration : as told by leading experts
Stern, Alan
523.1 STERN

Quintessence : the mystery of missing mass in the universe
Krauss, Lawrence Maxwell
523.1126 KRAUSS

Genesis of the big bang
Alpher, Ralph
523.18 ALPHER

The inflationary universe : the quest for a new theory of cosmic origins
Guth, Alan H.
523.18 GUTH

Dark matter, missing planets, and new comets : paradoxes resolved, origins illuminated
Van Flandern, Tom
523.2 VAN

Observing the moon : the modern astronomer's guide
North, Gerald
523.3 NORTH

Mars : the lure of the red planet
Sheehan, William
523.43 SHEEHAN

Asteroids : a history
Peebles, Curtis
523.44 PEEBLES

The Neptune file : a story of mathematical cunning, astronomical rivalry, and the discovery of new worlds
Standage, Tom
523.481 STANDAG

Falling stars : a guide to meteors and meteorites
Reynolds, Michael D.
523.51 REYNOLD

Nearest star : the surprising science of our sun
Golub, Leon
523.7 GOLUB

The sun from space
Lang, Kenneth R.
523.7 LANG

Parallax : the race to measure the cosmos
Hirshfeld, Alan W.
523.81 HIRSHFE

Cosmic catastrophes : supernovae, gamma-ray bursts, and adventures in hyperspace
Wheeler, J. Craig
523.8446 WHEELER

June 8, 2004 : Venus in transit
Maor, Eli
523.92 MAOR

Earth : evolution of a habitable world
Lunine, Jonathan Irving
525. LUNINE

Celestial navigation in a nutshell
Schlereth, Hewitt
527. SCHLERE

Splitting the second : the story of atomic time
Jones, A.W.
529.7 JONES


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