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Book ReviewsSkywatching - Collins Skywatching - David Levy Printed Book

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Library Books

The NAS has a vast range of Astronomy Books, including DVD's, Video's and also Astronomy Software for members to borrow. Choose from the list below....

(Books)

1: Astronomy 2008 - Quasar Publishing

2: Eye on the Sky - The Fascination of Telescopes by Dr Geoff Andersen

3. Nuclear Radiation Exposed - A Guide to Better Understanding by Colin Keay PhD, DSc ( link: The Enlightenment Press 2001)

4. 100 Billion Suns - The Birth, Life and Death of the Stars

5. Longitude (Paperback) - The true story of a lone genius who solved the greatest scientific problem of his time

6. The Hubble Constant - Jeremy Mould

7. Light and Life of the Universe

8. Universe 4th Edition - Kaufmann

9. Astronomy a Self Teaching Guide

10. STARGAZER - Life and Times of the Telescope - Fred Watson

11. Origins - Our place in Hubble's Universe

 12. The man who ran the Moon. Project Apollo - Piers Bizony

13.SKYWATCHING - David Levy

14. Fireball - Paul Davies

15. The Royal Society ICY Expedition - Radio Astronomy  (ionospheric physics) - Halley Bay 1955-1959

16. Royal Observatory Catalogue of Star 25 parsecs from the Sun

17. The Encylopedia of Space Travel and Astronomy

18. Cosmos - Carl Sagan

19. Astronomy - Fred Hoyle

20. Uncovering the Secrets of the Red Planet Mars - National Geographic Society

21. Cosmic Blueprint - Paul Davies

22. What remains to be discovered - John Maddox

23. 40 years of Cospar - (Committee of Space Research)

24. Essentials of Astronomy - Motz and Duveen

25. Elementary Particles - Harald Fritzsch

26. Nemis The Death Star - Dr Richard Muller (Paperback)

27. The Physical Principles of Astronautics Space Flight

28. Basics in Radio Astronomy - Goldstone (Apple Valley Radio Telescope)

29, Observing the Moon - John folkes

30. Table Book - The Invisible Universe by David Malin

31. The Earth from Space - Bodechtel and Emden

32. Atlas of the Universe

33. METEORITES - A Journey Through Space and Time

34. ASTRONOMY - A Handbook - Arthur Beer

35. Meteorites and their Origins - G J McCall

36. Meteorites and the Early Solar System - Kerridge and Mathews

37. The Cosmic Winter - Victor Clube and Bill Napier

38. Eyewitness to the Galaxy - Britains Contribution to Space Research

39.  Watching the Universe - John Gribbin

40. New Guide to the Planets - Patrick Moore

41. Collin Guide to Stars and Planets

42. Dynamic Astronomy - Prentice and Hall

43. Black Holes: The end of the Universe - John Taylor

44. Moonshadow - The story of the Total Eclipse

45. The Practical Astronomer - Colin A Ronan

46. Other Worlds - Paul Davies

47. Sky Watch - David Ellyard (Quantum ABC TV)

48. A Star Called the Sun -  george Gamow

49. Astronomy Fundamentals - Frontiers (2nd Edition)

50.  Infinite Vistas - new tools for Astronomy

51. The Stars belong to Everyone - How to enjoy astronomy

52. The Black Hole at the centre of our galaxy - Fulvio Melia

53. Southern Sky - Lyn Fletcher

54. Afterglow of Creation - from fireball to the discovery of cosmic ripples - (Paperback)

55. Astronomy for the amateur - John Gribbin

56. Managing Martians - story of the rovers

57.  The Illustrated Longitude

58.Astronomy for Amateurs - James Muirden

59. A brief History in Time - Stephen Hawking (paperback)

60. The Moon ( a biography) - David Whitehouse

61. Astronomy - The definitive guide

62. The life and death of the planet Earth - How the new science of astrobiology charts the fate of our world

63. Space; Our Final Frontier - John Gribbin (BBC)

64. Astronomy through the Telescope - 500 years story of the Instruments, the inventors and their discoveries

65, Our Expanding Universe - (Paperback)

66. Visions of the Heavens - Hubble Space Telescope

67. Impact - The threat of comets and Asteroids

68. Cosmic Impact - John Davies

69. Moonshadow - The story of the Total Eclipse

70. Collision Earth - Meteorite and Comet Impacts by Peter Grego

71. Comets - Meteors and Asteroids (BBC)

72. The Amateur Astronomer - Explorations and Investigations

73. Dictionary of Modern Star Names - Sky & Telescope

74. Focus on the Stars - University of Sydney

75. The Quest for SS433 - David H. Clark

76. Astronomy in Colour - Peter Brown

 

(Reference Books)

77. Spherical Astronomy - WM Smart

78, The Universe - Josip Kleczek

79.  The Revised new general Catalogue non stellar Astronomical objects

80. Optical Workshop Principles

81. Canon of Eclipses

82. Southern Stars - Royal Astronomical Society of New Zealand

83. Telescopes

84. Tables of Functions - Formulae and curves

(Lectures)

85. A Journey through Space and the Atom - A course of

86. Selected Lectures in Physics, Astronomy and Space Rocketry

87. From Nucleus to Universe - A course of Selected Lectures in Physics and Astronomy

88. The Universe of Time and Space - Selected Lectures in Astronomy, Cosmology and Physics

(Videos)

1. APOLLO 12 - Pinpoint for Science

2. Comet - Ghosts of the Solar System

3. John Norris Talk - 26 October 2001

4. Partial Lunar Eclipse - 6th July 2001

5. Astronomy - Hubble and the Universe

6. The Sun

7. 7 Days in Space - Space Shuttle Discovery

8. NASA 25 years

9. Astronomers Vol 3

10. Leonid Meteor Shower - 19th November 2001

11. Astronomers Vol 1

12. Andy Thomas Talk

13.Destination Mars

14. Space Shuttle STS-1 to STS-8

15. Apollo 9

16.Astronomers Vol 5

17. NASA Apollo 13

18. Transit of Venus

19.The Sun

20. Apollo 10

21. NAS Meeting Ray Norris

22. The Universe

(DVD)

1. Hubble 15 years of Discovery

2. Bob Evans Supanova 2005

3. Origins SBS Part 1

4. Origins SBS Part 2

5. Astronomy

6. Leonids News Items

7. Ray Norris - November 2000

 

(Software)

1. The Radio Sky

2. Star Atlas Pro

3. Redshift 2

4. Wil Tirion - Star Charts

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


 
 

Borrow

To borrow a library book contact NAS librarian Alan Meehan Be sure to give the Title and Number of the book.
librarian@nas.org.au


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