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COMETS
A CHRONOLOGICAL HISTORY
DONALD K. YEOMANS · 1991 · 485 pgs
Detailed and interesting history of the observation of comets, from early times on, including the development of our current knowledge.
No. 492, Shelf C
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COMETS
AN ILLUSTRATED INTRODUCTION
PATRICK MOORE · 1973 · 149 pgs
While some of its science is not up to date, this book is still useful as it mainly concerns the history of cometary observation.
No. 153, Shelf C
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COMETS
ASH & GRANT · 1973 · 48 pgs
General overview to the history, observation and study of comets. Many B&W illustrations.
No. 799, Shelf C
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COMETS, METEORITES & MEN
PETER L. BROWN · 1973 · 255 pgs
Well-written guide to the studies of meteorites and comets; includes much historical information about discoverers and research.
No. 154, Shelf C
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COMING OF AGE IN THE MILKY WAY
TIMOTHY FERRIS · 1988 · 495 pgs
Ferris tells about the lives and works of many scientists who helped form our view of the Universe and our planet.
No. 540, Shelf C
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COSMIC CHASE
RICHARD HUTTON · 1981 · 225 pgs
The story of the U.S.-Soviet space race, including some of the politics that made it run; ending up with theories on what’s next.
No. 388, Shelf C
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COSMIC DISCOVERIES
THE WONDERS OF ASTRONOMY
DAVID H. LEVY · 2001 · 232 pgs
Friendly, sympathetic look at great figures from the history of astronomy and the discoveries they made.
No. 622, Shelf C
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COSMIC DISCOVERY
THE SEARCH, SCOPE & HERITAGE OF ASTRONOMY
MARTIN HARWIT · 1981 · 334 pgs
Using actual discoveries as examples, Harwit demonstrates the methodology of astronomy and defines many of its current concepts.
No. 159, Shelf C
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COSMIC INQUIRERS
MODERN TELESCOPES AND THEIR MAKERS
WALLACE, KAREN TUCKER & TUCKER · 1986 · 221 pgs
An inside view of some of the people who pioneered modern astronomical observatories.
No. 671, Shelf C
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COSMIC NOISE
A HISTORY OF EARLY RADIO ASTRONOMY
WOODRUFF T. SULLIVAN III · 2009 · 542 pgs
Radio and radar astronomy from the discovery of cosmic noise up to 1953 describing the telescopes and the people who built and used them and the discoveries they made.
No. 729, Shelf C
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COSMOLOGY
THE SCIENCE OF THE UNIVERSE
EDWARD R. HARRISON · 1981 · 430 pgs
An introduction to past and present cosmological theory in a clear and readable form. Pick a theory & find it explained.
No. 160, Shelf C
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COSMOS
CARL SAGAN · 1980 · 365 pgs
Sagan’s “personal adventure” through mankind’s search to understand the universe about them. Well illustrated; based on the TV series.
No. 161, Shelf C
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DEAR GALILEO
LETTERS FROM A CONTEMPORARY ASTRONOMER
JAMES SWEITZER · 2021 · 152 pgs
In the form of personal letters to GalileoGalilei, Adler Planetarium’s Jim Sweitzer presents an overview of understanding of the universe, plus the struggle to work through pandemic
No. 878, Shelf D
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DIALOGUE CONCERNING THE TWO CHIEF WORLD SYSTEMS
PTOLEMAIC & COPERNICAN
GALILEO GALILEI · 1967 · 496 pgs
Galileo’s greatest contribution to the body of scientific knowledge, translated by Stillman Drake, foreward by Albert Einstein.
No. 810, Shelf D
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DISCOVERY OF OUR GALAXY
CHARLES A. WHITNEY · 1971 · 308 pgs
The history of the study of the Milky Way, from earliest records through the 1960’s. Profusely illustrated.
No. 170, Shelf D
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EARLY MAN AND THE COSMOS
EVAN HADINGHAM · 1984 · 271 pgs
Hadingham, an archeologist and well respected writer, takes a clear and readable look at the astronomy of Old and New World sites.
No. 172, Shelf E
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EINSTEIN’S UNIVERSE
NIGEL CALDER · 1979 · 154 pgs
Calder explains the ideas of relativity for the layman, and includes much historical info on many scientific tests of the theory.
No. 539, Shelf E
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EVOLUTION OF PHYSICS
FROM EARLY CONCEPTS TO RELATIVITY AND QUANTA
EINSTEIN & INFELD · 1938 · 302 pgs
Still a fine overview of the history of the field. From the 20th-century’s greatest physicist.
No. 563, Shelf E
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EVOLUTION OF RADIO ASTRONOMY
J.S. HEY · 1973 · 214 pgs
The history and accomplishments of radio astronomy, from its beginnings to 1970, with the stories of the people involved along the way.
No. 177, Shelf E
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EVOLUTION OF STARS AND GALAXIES
WALTER BAADE · 1963 · 321 pgs
The author begins with a historical overview, incl. his own work on stellar populations, then defines the state of the science ca. ’63.
No. 178, Shelf E
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EXPLORING THE SUN
SOLAR SCIENCE SINCE GALILEO
KARL HUFBAUER · 1991 · 370 pgs
Well written history of the scientific study of our star; well illustrated; good as an intro to the Sun, too.
No. 595, Shelf E
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FLAMMARION BOOK OF ASTRONOMY
FLAMMARION, et al. · 1964 · 670 pgs
Flammarion’s classic 1880 Astronomie Populaire, translated into English and updated to reflect scientific understanding ca. 1960. Profusely illustrated.
No. 769, Shelf F
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FROM VINLAND TO MARS
A THOUSAND YEARS OF EXPLORATION
RICHARD S. LEWIS · 1976 · 436 pgs
Human exploration from the Viking Norsemen to the Viking Mars probes, leaning a bit more heavily on the space age end of the time scale.
No. 524, Shelf F
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GALAXIES
HARLOW SHAPLEY · 1967 · 186 pgs
A historical look at the study of galaxies by an astronomer who was deeply involved in that study. Profusely illustrated.
No. 193, Shelf G