NEW BOOKS: MAY 2025
These new books are on display in the Hoyle building library area (up the stairs). There is a clipboard beneath the display where you can reserve books.
The impossible man : Roger Penrose and the cost of genius / Patchen Barss. Atlantic Books, London, UK : 2024 ISBN:1838959327 (3/PEN/B)
A general relativity coursebook / Ed Daw (University of Sheffield). Daw, Edward J., 1969- author. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge : 2023 ISBN:9781009242448 (45/DAW)
William Frederick Denning : grand amateur and doyen of British meteor astronomy / Martin Beech. Springer, Cham : 2023 ISBN:9783031444425 (3/DEN/B)
A history of the universe in 100 stars / Florian Freistetter ; translated from the German by Gesche Ipsen. Quercus, London : 2022. ISBN:9781529410150 (5/FRE)
Cultural astronomy in Latin America / editors: Steven R. Gullberg, César Augusto Zen Vasconcellos. World Scientific, Singapore ; Hackensack, NJ : 2024 ISBN:9789811281921 (5/GUL)
Astrophysics is easy! : an introduction for the amateur astronomer / Michael Inglis. Springer, Cham, Switzerland : 2023 ISBN:9783031168048 (48/ING)
Io : a new view of Jupiter's moon / edited by Rosaly M.C. Lopes, Katherine de Kleer, James Tuttle Keane. Springer, Cham : 2023 ISBN:9783031256691 (98/LOP)
Pillars of creation : how the James Webb Telescope unlocked the secrets of the cosmos / Richard Panek. Little, Brown and Company, New York : 2024 ISBN:9780316570695 (24/PAN)
The irresistible attraction of gravity : a journey to discover black holes / Luciano Rezzolla (Goethe-Universität Frankfurt am Main). Cambridge University Press, Cambridge : 2023 ISBN:9781009198752 (58/REZ)
Hidden in the heavens : how the Kepler mission's quest for new planets changed how we view our own / Jason Steffen. Princeton University Press, Princeton, New Jersey : 2024 ISBN:069124247X (24/STE)
General Relativity: The theoretical minimum / Leonard Susskind and Andre Cabannes. Penguin Books, 2023. ISBN:9780141999869 (45/SUS)
Steven Weinberg : a life in physics / Steven Weinberg (University of Texas at Austin). Weinberg, Steven, 1933-2021, author. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge : 2025 ISBN:9781009513470 (3/WEI)
Researchers, You are invited to present at our next Research Café on Light and Dark, with a Keynote by Professor George Efstathiou on 'The Fate of the Universe'.
This event is kindly sponsored by G-Research. Abstracts: Open for submissions here (closes at 12 noon on 23rd April 2025) When: 19th May 2025 11:30 am - 14:30 pm Where: Moore Library - Centre for Mathematical Sciences Presenting at the Research Café provides a safe and friendly environment for participants to share their research, raise their academic profile and find opportunities for collaboration across multiple departments. Researchers from any discipline or career stage, in academia or industry, are welcome: >>See here what participants say about the Research Café. << At the event, you will have multiple opportunities to engage with peers outside of your immediate discipline and enjoy lunch while raising your profile and finding research connections. The theme of this Research Café is ‘Light and Dark’. We encourage you to interpret this theme widely, but some examples of topics which would fit the theme are: • Bioluminescence • Black holes • Circadian rhythms • Colour contrast (either in relation to the subject of the research or in the methodology) • Fluorescence • Lightning • Optics • Photochemistry • Photosynthesis and other light-mediated biological processes You can submit your abstract by noon on 23rd April 2025! https://moore.libraries.cam.ac.uk/moore-library-research-cafe If you work or know anyone conducting research on a similar topic, please do share this amazing opportunity with them and be part of this event! >>>Contact information: moore-library@lib.cam.ac.uk / 01223 762725. Jo Milton (she/her) On Behalf of The Research Café Committee.
The Unknown Maxwell One-Day Meeting 28 March 2025, 09:00 – 17:30 Cambridge University Engineering Department
In the millennium poll, James Clerk Maxwell (1831-1879) was voted the third greatest physicist of all time – behind Newton and Einstein. He is best known for his equations of electromagnetism and thermodynamic relations, but his interests and achievements extended far beyond these fields. His profound insights across many extraordinarily diverse areas have laid the foundations for much of contemporary physical science. The day will begin with an overview of James Clerk Maxwell’s life and achievements. The talks following will focus on just a few of the fields where he did seminal work, and in which current research is revealing interesting developments.
There will be a small exhibition of artefacts including some of Maxwell’s models from the Cavendish collection. The exhibition catalogue can be found here
James Clerk Maxwell had strong links with the Cambridge Philosophical Society during his time at Cambridge. He studied mathematics as an undergraduate – initially at Peterhouse, but moving to Trinity before the end of his first term. He graduated in 1854, and shortly afterwards presented his first paper On the transformation of surfaces by bending to the Cambridge Philosophical Society. His career took him to Aberdeen, King’s College London and ther family estates at Glenlair before returning to Cambridge in 1871 to become the first Cavendish Professor of Experimental Physics. He was President of the Cambridge Philosophical Society 1875-1877. In 1879 he died in Cambridge at the age of 48.
For more details of the meeting CLICK HERE.
Research Data and File Management Drop-in Clinics for Love Data Week 2025!
Do you need help with your research data and file management?
Do you want to understand more about your funder’s research data policy?
Do you want to learn more about Data Management Plans (DMPs)?
Do you want to learn more about research data support that is available at the University?
Come to the Research Data and File Management Drop-in Clinics happening this Love Data Week! The Research Data team from the University Library (Office of Scholarly Communication) are holding two pop-up events next week as part of the International Love Data Week (10th-14th of February, 2025). We will be there to help you with your research data management and give you some tips to organise your research, along with sharing resources and answering questions relating to managing and sharing your research data. This will be a chance for you to learn about research data management and the services that the University Library provides to support University members. Do pay us a visit at:
Moore Library, Entrance Monday, 10th February 2025, 10am-3pm West Hub, Level 1 (Hub Help Desk) Thursday, 13th February 2025, 10am-3pm If you would to learn more about managing and sharing your research materials but are unable to speak to us at the pop-ups, please get in touch with us at info@data.cam.ac.uk Hope you to see you there!
Cambridge University Libraries Research Skills sessions for Lent 2025
As term begins, please see the Research Skills training from Cambridge University Libraries. There are sessions and workshops covering a range of research skills and practices, as well as online resources. Topics cover referencing, copyright, literature searching, data management, publishing and more. These sessions are for anyone engaging in research or supporting research.
Please visit Research Skills Programme Calendar for further information and to book your place. If you have questions, please contact ResearcherDevelopment@lib.cam.ac.uk
These new books will be on display in the Hoyle Building Library Area until the end of January 2025. There is a clipboard underneath the display where you can record your interest in any of the books. Once the display has been changed, the book will then be loaned to you.
Her space, her time : how trailblazing women scientists decoded the hidden universe / Shohini Ghose. Ghose, Shohini, author. The MIT Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts : 2023 ISBN:0262048310 (5/GHO)
Galaxies / Or Graur. Graur, Or, author. The MIT Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts : 2024 ISBN:0262548755 (129/GRA)
The allure of the multiverse : extra dimensions, other worlds, and parallel universes / Paul Halpern. Halpern, Paul, 1961- author. Basic Books, New York : 2024 ISBN:154160217X (137/HAL)
On the origin of time : Stephen Hawking's final theory / Thomas Hertog. Penguin Books, London : 2024 ISBN:9781804991121 (3/HAW/H)
The Barnard objects : then and now / Tim B. Hunter, Gerald O. Dobek, James E. McGaha. Hunter, Tim B., author. Springer, Cham : 2023 ISBN:3031314840 (5/HUN)
Planetary systems now / edited by Luisa M Lara (Instituto de Astrofísica de Andalucía-CSIC, Granada, Spain), David Jewitt (University of California, Los Angeles, USA). World Scientific Publishing Europe Ltd., London : 2023 ISBN:9781800613133 (56/LAR)
Galaxy formation, Third Edition / Malcolm S. Longair. Longair, Malcolm S., 1941- author Springer Verlag GmbH, Berlin : 2023 ISBN:9783662658901 (57/LON)
Case studies in star formation : a molecular astronomy perspective / Duncan MacKay (University of Kent, Canterbury), Mark Thompson (University of Leeds), James Urquhart (University of Kent, Canterbury). MacKay, Duncan, 1949- author. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge : 2023 ISBN:9781009277440 (57/MAC)
Lithium across the universe / Eduardo Martín. IOP Publishing, Bristol, UK : 2023 ISBN:9780750336215 (116/MAR)
Harrison decoded : towards a perfect pendulum clock / edited by Rory McEvoy and Jonathan Betts. Oxford, United Kingdom : Oxford University Press, 2023. ISBN:9780198892670 (CLOCKS)
Accreting white dwarfs : from exoplanetary probes to classical novae and Type 1a supernovae / Edward M. Sion. Sion, Edward M., author. IOP Publishing, Bristol, UK : 2023 ISBN:0750320400 (52/SIO)
Einstein, Eddington e o eclipse : impressões de viagem = Einstein, Eddington and the eclipse : travel impressions / Ana Simões, Ana Matilde Sousa. Simões, Ana, author. Associação Chili com Carne, [Lisboa] : 2023 ISBN:9898363517 (5/SIM)
Research / Information Skills Courses Available
The sessions are aimed at PhD students and researchers although all Cambridge staff and students are welcome. Subjects such as: referencing, copyright, literature searching, data management, publishing and more. These sessions are for anyone engaging in research or supporting research. To see what is available, and to book places see:
These new books will be on display in the Hoyle Building Library Area until the end of October 2024. There is a clipboard underneath the display where you can record your interest in any of the books. Once the display has been changed, the book will then be loaned to you.
Creation stories : landscapes and the human imagination / Anthony Aveni. Yale University Press, New Haven : 2021 ISBN:0300251246 (5/AVE)
Visible and dark matter in the universe : a short primer on astrophysical dynamics / Giuseppe Bertin (University of Milan). Cambridge University Press, Cambridge : 2023 ISBN:9781316519318 (40/BER)
The Einsteinian revolution : the historical roots of his breakthroughs / Hanoch Gutfreund & Jürgen Renn. Princeton University Press, Princeton ; Oxford : 2024 ISBN:0691168768 (5/GUT)
Alien earths : Planet hunting in the cosmos / Lisa Kaltenegger. Allen Lane, Great Britain : 2024 ISBN:9780241680988 (109/KAL)
Introduction to general relativity and cosmology / Ian R Kenyon. IOP Publishing, Bristol, UK : 2023 ISBN:0750337613 (45/KEN)
Supermassive black holes / Andrew King (University of Leicester). Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2023. ISBN:9781108488051 (58/KIN)
StarWords : the celestial roots of modern language / Daniel Kunth, Elena Terlevich. Springer ; Cham, Switzerland : Chichester, UK : 2024 ISBN:9783031490231 (11/KUN)
Pulsar astronomy / Andrew Lyne (University of Manchester), Francis Graham-Smith (University of Manchester), Benjamin Stappers (University of Manchester). Cambridge University Press, Cambridge : 2022 ISBN:9781108495226 (58/LYN)
A student's guide to Newton's laws of motion / Sanjoy Mahajan (Massachusetts Institute of Technology). Cambridge University Press, Cambridge : 2020 ISBN:9781108457194 (41/MAH)
Detection of light / George H. Rieke (University of Arizona). Rieke, G. H. author. (George Henry), Cambridge University Press, Cambridge : 2021 ISBN:9781107124141 (19/RIE)
Physics of binary star evolution : from stars to X-ray binaries and gravitational wave sources / Thomas M. Tauris, Edward P.J. van den Heuvel. Princeton University Press, Princeton, New Jersey : 2023 ISBN:9780691179087 (118/TAU)
The ALMA telescope : the story of a science mega-project / Paul A. Vanden Bout (National Radio Astronomy Observatory), Robert L. Dickman (National Radio Astronomy Observatory), Adele L. Plunkett (National Radio Astronomy Observatory). Cambridge University Press, Cambridge : 2023 ISBN:9781009279680 (CHILE - ALMA)
These new books will be on display in the Hoyle Building Library Area until the end of July 2024. There is a clipboard underneath the display where you can record your interest in any of the books. Once the display has been changed, the book will then be loaned to you.
Solar surveyors : observing the Sun from space / Peter Bond. Springer ; Cham, Switzerland : Chichester, UK : 2022 ISBN:9783030987876 (24/BON)
Simulating the cosmos : why the Universe looks the way it does / Romeel Davé. Reaktion Books, Limited, London : 2023 ISBN:178914714X (136/DAV)
The life and work of James Bradley : the new foundations of 18th century astronomy / John Fisher. Oxford University Press, Oxford, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : 2023 ISBN:9780198884200 (3/BRA/F)
A course in cosmology : from theory to practice / Dragan Huterer (University of Michigan, Ann Arbor). Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, United Kingdom : 2023 ISBN:9781316513590 (136/HUT)
Star noise : discovering the radio universe / Kenneth I. Kellermann, Ellen N. Bouton. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge : 2023 ISBN:9781316519356 (61/KEL) Nobel Prizes in astronomy / Khare, Pushpa. Springer Nature Switzerland AG, Cham : 2023 ISBN:3031296397 (5/KHA)
Understanding gravitational waves / C.R. Kitchin. Springer, Cham : 2021 ISBN:9783030742067 (45/KIT)
The end of everything : (astrophysically speaking) / Katie Mack. Penguin Books, [London] UK : 2021 ISBN:9780141989587 (11/MAC)
The little book of cosmology / Lyman Page. Princeton University Press, Princeton, New Jersey : 2020 ISBN:0691195781 (136/PAG) Relativistic hydrodynamics / Luciano Rezzolla, Olindo Zanotti. Rezzolla, L. author. (Luciano), Oxford University Press, Oxford : 2018 ISBN:9780198807599 (143/REZ)
Fine-tuning in the physical universe / edited by David Sloan (Lancaster University), Rafael Alves Batista (Radboud University, Netherlands), Michael Townsen Hicks (University of Birmingham), Roger Davies (University of Oxford). Cambridge University Press, Cambridge : 2020 ISBN:9781108484541 (137/SLO)
Inside the stars / Hugh van Horn, Professor of physics and astronomy emeritus, University of Rochester, New York, USA. IOP Publishing Bristol, UK 2023 ISBN:0750357924 (48/VAN)
The books bellow can be found in the Main Library.
Physical principles of astronomical instrumentation / Matthew Griffin, Peter Ade, Carole Tucker. Griffin, M. J. author. (Matt J.), CRC Press, Boca Raton : 2022 ISBN:9781032040035 (14/ADE)
Cosmology / Daniel Baumann (Universiteit van Amsterdam). Baumann, Daniel, 1978- author. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge : 2022 ISBN:9781108838078 (136/BAU)
The light ages : a medieval journey of discovery / Seb Falk. Falk, Seb, author. Penguin Books, [London] : 2021 ISBN:9780141989679 (5/FAL)
The exoplanet revolution / J. Lequeux, T. Encrenaz and F. Casoli. Lequeux, James, author. EDP Sciences, Les Ulis : 2020 ISBN:2759822109 (109/LEQ)
Great mysteries in astrophysics : a guide to what we don't know / Nicole Lloyd-Ronning. Lloyd-Ronning, Nicole, author. IOP Publishing, Bristol, UK ; Philadelphia, PA : 2022 ISBN:0750340495 (48/LLO)
Edmond Halley : the many discoveries of the most curious Astronomer Royal / David K. Love. Love, David, 1950- author. Prometheus Books, Lanham, Maryland : 2023 ISBN:1633888916 (3/HAL/L)
Investigating art, history, and literature with astronomy : determining time, place, and other hidden details linked to the stars / Donald W. Olson. Olson, Donald W., author. Springer ; Cham : Chichester, UK : 2022 ISBN:9783030955533 (11/OLS)
Stellar structure and evolution / Marc Pinsonneault (The Ohio State University), Barbara Ryden (The Ohio State University). Pinsonneault, Marc H., author. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge : 2023 ISBN:9781108798822 (48/PIN)
The rise of astrophysics in modern Spain : from dictatorship to democracy / Francisco Sánchez ; translated and with notes by T. J. Mahoney ; foreword by Brian May. Springer, Cham, Switzerland : 2021 ISBN:3030664252 (5/SAN)
The warped side of our universe : an odyssey through black holes, wormholes, time travel, and gravitational waves / Kip Thorne, Lia Halloran. Thorne, Kip S., author. Liveright Publishing Company, a division of W. W. Norton & Company, New York, NY : 2023 ISBN:1631498541 (11/THO)
New windows on the universe : advances in multimessenger astronomy/ Saeqa Dil Vrtilek. Vrtilek, Saeqa Dil, author. IOP Publishing, Bristol, UK : 2022 ISBN:9780750337298 (48/VRT)
The data for The little book of exoplanets / Joshua Winn. Winn, Joshua, author. Princeton University Press, Princeton : 2023 ISBN:9780691215471 (109/WIN)
These new books will now be shelved in the main Library.
High-resolution X-ray spectroscopy : instrumentation, data analysis, and science / edited by Cosimo Bambi, Jiachen Jiang. Springer, Singapore : 2023 ISBN:9819944082 (65/BAM)
Mystery of the ashen light of Venus : investigating a 400-year-old phenomenon / John C. Barentine. Barentine, John C., author. Springer, Cham, Switzerland : 2021 ISBN:3030727149 (93/BAR)
Black holes : the key to understanding the universe / Brian Cox, Jeff Forshaw. Cox, Brian, 1968- author. William Collins, London : 2022 ISBN:0008390657 (58/COX)
The sounds of the cosmos : gravitational waves and the birth of multi-messenger astronomy / Mario Díaz, Gabriela González, and Jorge Pullin. Díaz, Mario author. (Mario Claudio), The MIT Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts : 2023 ISBN:0262544946 (45/DIA)
Principles of astrophotonics / Simon Ellis (Macquarie University, Australia), Joss Bland-Hawthorn (The University of Sydney, Australia), Sergio Leon Saval (The University of Sydney, Australia). Ellis, Simon C., author. World Scientific Publishing Europe Ltd., London : 2023 ISBN:9781800613355 (145/ELL)
Neutral-atom astronomy : plasma diagnostics from the aurora to the interstellar medium / Ke Chiang Hsieh, Eberhard Möbius. Hsieh, Ke Chiang, author. World Scientific, New Jersey : 2022 ISBN:9789813279193 (67/HSI)
Worlds without end : exoplanets, habitability, and the future of humanity / Chris Impey. Impey, Chris, author. The MIT Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts : 2023 ISBN:0262047667 (109/IMP)
Uranus and Neptune / Carolyn Kennett. Kennett, Carolyn, author. Reaktion Books, Limited, London : 2022 ISBN:1789146410 (100/KEN) Astrophysical techniques / C.R. Kitchin. Kitchin, C. R. author. (Christopher R.), CRC Press, Boca Raton : 2020 ISBN:1138591203 (14/KIT)
Astronomers as diplomats : when the IAU builds bridges between nations / Thierry Montmerle, Danielle Fauque, editors. Springer, Cham : 2022. ISBN:9783030986247 (5/MON)
Astrophysics in the XXI century with compact stars / editors César Augusto Zen Vasconcellos, Fridolin Weber. World Scientific Publishing, Singapore ; Hackensack, NJ : 2023 ISBN:981122093X (58/VAS)
Analyzing the physics of radio telescopes and radio astronomy / Kim Ho Yeap and Kazuhiro Hirasawa, editors. Hershey, PA : IGI Global, 2020. ISBN:9781799823827 (61/YEA)
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Accreting binaries : nature, formation and evolution / Sylvain Chaty. Chaty, Sylvain, author. IOP Publishing, Bristol : 2022 ISBN:9780750338851 (118/CHA) The theory of direct dark matter detection : a guide to computations / Eugenio Del Nobile. Del Nobile, Eugenio, author. Springer, Cham, Switzerland : 2022 ISBN:9783030952273 (138/DEL) Beyond spacetime : the foundations of quantum gravity / edited by Nick Huggett (University of Illinois at Chicago), Keizo Matsubara (Uppsala University), Christian Wüthrich (University of Geneva). Cambridge University Press, Cambridge : 2020 ISBN:9781108477024 (45/HUG) Theoretical concepts in physics : an alternative view of theoretical reasoning in physics / Malcolm Longair (University of Cambridge). Longair, Malcolm S., - author. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge : 2020 ISBN:9781108484534 (140/LON) The whole truth : a cosmologist's reflections on the search for objective reality / P.J.E. Peebles. Peebles, P. J. E. author. (Phillip James Edwin), Princeton University Press, Princeton : 2022 ISBN:9780691231358 (3/PEE) The universe in a box : a new cosmic history / Andrew Pontzen. Pontzen, Andrew, author. Jonathan Cape, London : 2023 ISBN:9781787333093 (136/PON) Introduction to the standard model and beyond : quantum field theory, symmetries and phenomenology / Stuart Raby (The Ohio State University).Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2021. ISBN:9781108494199 (148/RAB) Compact star physics / Jürgen Schaffner-Bielich (Goethe University Frankfurt). Schaffner-Bielich, Jürgen, 1966- author. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge : 2020 ISBN:9781107180895 (58/SCH) Venus / William Sheehan and Sanjay Shridhar Limaye. Sheehan, William, 1954- author. Reaktion Books, London : 2022 ISBN:9781789145854 (93/SHE) Molecular astrophysics / A.G.G.M. Tielens (Leiden University). Tielens, A. G. G. M., author. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge : 2021 ISBN:9781107169289 (125/TIE) Dust in the galactic environment / D.C.B. Whittet Bristol: IOP Publishing, 2022. ISBN:9780750332736 (125/WHI) Star-formation rates of galaxies / edited by Andreas Zezas (University of Crete), Véronique Buat (Aix-Marseille University). Cambridge University Press, Cambridge : 2021 ISBN:9781107184169 (57/ZEZ)