NEW BOOKS : JULY 2006

 

Planck scale effects in astrophysics and cosmology / G. Amelino-Camelia, J. Kowalski-Glikman (eds.). Berlin : Springer, 2005. ISBN:3540252630 Lecture notes in physics, 669 Notes: "This volume is composed of extensive and detailed notes from the lectures given at the 40th Karpacz Winter School" (137/AME)

 

Epic of evolution : seven ages of the cosmos / Eric Chaisson ; New York : Columbia University Press, 2006. ISBN: 0231135602  (11/CHA)

 

Revolutionaries of the cosmos : the astro-physicists / Ian S. Glass. Published: Oxford : Oxford University, 2006. ISBN: 9780198570998 (hbk.) 0198570996 (hbk.) (3/GLA)

 

Water and the search for life on Mars / D. Harland. Published: New York ; London : Springer, 2005.. ISBN: 038726020X  (95/HAR)

 

Chondrites and the protoplanetary disk / [edited by] Alexander N. Krot, Edward R.D. Scott, Bo Reipurth.:  San Francisco, CA : Astronomical Society of the Pacific, 2005. ISBN: 1583812083  ASP conference series ; v. 341 Proceedings of a workshop held at the Radisson Kaua’i Beach Resort, Hawai’i  November 2004.  (B.7.1)

 

Compact stellar X-ray sources / edited by Walter Lewin, Michiel van der Klis. Cambridge University Press, 2005. ISBN:  0521826594 (hbk.) Cambridge astrophysics series ; no. 39  (65/LEW)

 

The cosmic century : a history of astrophysics and cosmology / Malcolm S. Longair.  Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2006. ISBN: 0521474361 (hbk.) (5/LON)

 

Quantum cosmology research trends / Albert Reimer, editor.: New York : Nova Science Publishers, c2005. ISBN: 1594543208 Horizons in world physics ; v. 246 (137/REI)

 

Astronomical data analysis software and systems XIV : proceedings of a meeting held in Pasadena, California, October 2004 / edited by Patrick L. Shopbell. Matthew C. Britton, and Rick Ebert. San Francisco, Calif. : Astronomical Society of the Pacific, 2005. ISBN: 1583812156 ASP conference series, v. 347  (B.7.1)

 

Fixing PowerPoint annoyances : How to fix the most annoying things about your favorite presentation program / Echo Swinford. Published: Sebastopol, CA : O’Reilly, 2006. Covers versions 2000, 2002 and 2003.  (162/SWI)

 

Advances in astronomy : from the big bang to the solar system / J.M.T. Thompson ed.: London : Imperial College Press, 2005. ISBN: 1860945775 Royal Society series on advances in sciences ; (8/THO)

 

Progress in neutron star research / Wass, Andrew P. (editor). New York : Nova Science Publishers, c2005. ISBN: 1594543518 (hdbk.)  (58/WAS)