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Astrophysics Of Gaseous Nebulae And Active Galactic Nuclei
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Perhaps it was just the professor, but I could never get into this book. I think its hopelessly boring, and like alot of graduate textbooks in astro, it has a TERRIBLE index. You can't find anything you need in terms of numbers or equations with the index, you must read the book cover to cover to know where something is.It also has way too many numb... »
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Discovering the Cosmos
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Bless' Discovering the Cosmos is an excellent introductory astronomy text for students with a more advanced preparation either in the physical sciences or in mathematics. The text focuses more towards the stellar and galactic aspects of modern astronomy though there are sections on historical astronomy and planetology. While the book is does not cove... »
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Miss Leavitt's Stars: The Untold Story of the Woman Who Discovered How to Measure the Universe (Great Discoveries)
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Henrietta Leavitt was an incredible individual. She made some of the greatest discoveries in astronomy during the 20th century, however, very little has been written about her enigmatic life. Miss Leavitt's Stars: The Untold Story Of The Woman Who Discovered How To Measure The Cosmos by George Johnson attempts to fill in what is known about Leavitt. Fo... »
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Extreme Stars
This is the third book by James Kaler I've read--the other two being "Stars and Their Spectra" and "The Hundred Greatest Stars", in that order. The other... »
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The Hundred Greatest Stars
Jim Kaler has written a real little gem in this book. It selects 100 of the most interesting stars and gives a "biography" of each. His style is engagin... »
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