NEW BOOKS: JANUARY 2008

 

From z-machines to ALMA: (sub)millimeter spectroscopy of galaxies / Andrew J. Baker et al. (eds.).  Astronomical Society of the Pacific, 2007. Conference series n. 375 (NRAO Jan 2006).  ISBN 9781583813119 (B.7.1)

 

The comet sweeper: Caroline Herschel’s astronomical ambition / Claire Brock.  Icon Books, 2007.  ISBN 1840467207 (3/HER/B)

 

Molecular collisions in the interstellar medium / David Flower.  2nd ed.  Cambridge University Press, 2007.  Cambridge Astrophysics Series n. 42.  ISBN 9780521844833 (54/FLO)

 

Binary stars as critical tools and tests in contemporary astrophysics / Edited by William I. Hartkopf et al. Cambridge University Press, 2007.  IAU Symposium 240 (Prague, Aug 2006). ISBN 0521863481 (B.6.1)

 

The central engine of active galactic nuclei / Luis C. Ho & Jian-Min Wang (eds.) Astronomical Society of the Pacific, 2007. Conference series n. 373 (Xi’an Oct 2006).  ISBN 9781583813072 (B.7.1)

 

Discovering the solar system / Barrie W. Jones. 2nd ed.  Wiley, 2007.  ISBN 9780470018316 (91/JON).

 

Traveling at the speed of thought: Einstein and the quest for gravitational waves / Daniel Kennefick.  Princeton University Press, 2007.  ISBN 0691117276 (45/KEN)

 

15th European Workshop on white dwarfs / Ralf Napiwotzki & Matthew R. Burleigh. Astronomical Society of the Pacific, 2007. Conference series n. 372 (Leicester, Aug 2006).  ISBN 9781583812396 (B.7.1)

 

High time resolution astrophysics / Don Phelan, Oliver Ryan & Andrew Shearer (eds.). Springer, 2008.  Astrophysics and Space Science Library n. 351.  ISBN 9781402065170 (19/PHE)

 

Introduction to high-energy astrophysics / Stephan Rosswog & Marcus Brüggen. Cambridge University Press, 2007.  ISBN 9780521857697 (58/ROS)

 

Unsolved problems in stellar physics: a conference in honour of Douglas Gough / Richard J. Stancliffe et al. (eds.) American Institute of Physics, 2007.  AIP conference proceedings n. 948 (IoA Jul 2007)  ISBN 9780735404625 (52/STA)

 

Practical mystic: religion, science, and A.S. Eddington / Matthew Stanley.  The University of Chicago Press, 2007.  ISBN 0226770974  (3/EDD/S)