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VIOLENT UNIVERSE
AN EYEWITNESS ACCOUNT OF THE NEW ASTRONOMY
NIGEL CALDER · 1969 · 160 pgs
Calder’s well written and popular book for the layman looks at what astronomers have done, how they do it, and the universe they have uncovered.
No. 683, Shelf V
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VISTAS OF MANY WORLDS
A JOURNEY THROUGH SPACE AND TIME
ERIK ANDERSON · 2012 · 123 pgs
A fascinating combination of artwork and science, with vignettes taking the reader across space and time, based on our current scientific understanding of the history of our planet and Universe.
No. 837, Shelf V
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WATCHERS OF THE SKIES
AN INFORMAL HISTORY OF ASTRONOMY FROM BABYLON TO THE SPACE AGE
WILLY LEY · 1963 · 529 pgs
A couple of thousand years of skywatching presented in an interesting and well researched form.
No. 371, Shelf W
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WATCHERS OF THE STARS
THE SCIENTIFIC REVOLUTION
PATRICK MOORE · 1973 · 239 pgs
Moore’s telling of the stories of great astronomers, including Copernicus, Tycho, Kepler, and Newton.
No. 554, Shelf W
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WINDOW IN THE SKY
ASTRONOMY FROM BEYOND THE EARTH’S ATMOSPHERE
A.T. LAWTON · 1979 · 223 pgs
This pre-HST book looks at the history of and future possibilities for off-Earth astronomy; also discoveries made and yet to be made.
No. 377, Shelf W
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WORLDS IN THE SKY
PLANETARY DISCOVERY FROM EARLEST TIMES THROUGH VOYAGER AND MAGELLAN
WILLIAM SHEEHAN · 1992 · 243 pgs
Documents the discovery of the nature of our solar system, focusing on the discoverers and the stories of their quests.
No. 758, Shelf W
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YERKES OBSERVATORY 1892-1950
BIRTH, NEAR DEATH, AND RESURRECTION OF A SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH INSTITUTION
DONALD OSTERBROCK · 1997 · 384 pgs
Details great historical importance to astrophysics and astronomy of Yerkes, 40-inch refractor and other telescopes, George Ellery Hale, the Greats who studied and worked there
No. 880, Shelf Y