NEW BOOKS : MARCH 2007

 

Reconnection of magnetic fields : Magnetohydrodynamics and collisionless theory and observations / Edited by Joachim Birn and Eric Priest. Cambridge University Press, 2007. ISBN: 9780521854207 (hbk.) 0521854202 (hbk.)  (141/BIR)

 

Solar activity and its magnetic origin : proceedings of the 233rd symposium of the IAU held in Cairo, Egypt, March 31 - April 4 , 2006 / (eds.) Volker Bothmer & Ahmed Abdel Hady. Cambridge University Press, 2006. ISBN: 9780521863421 0521863422  (B.6.1)

 

Bright star : Beatrice Hill Tinsley, astronomer / Christine Cole Catley.  Auckland : Cape Catley, 2006.  ISBN: 1877340014 (pbk.)  (3/TIN/C)

 

Periodic, quasi-periodic and chaotic motions in celestial mechanics : theory and applications : Fourth Meeting on Celestial Mechanics - CELMEC IV, San Martino al Cimino, Italy, 11-16 September 2005 / (eds.) A. Celletti & S. Ferraz-Mello. Dordrecht: Springer, 2006. ISBN 9781402053245  (40/CEL)

 

Fundamental questions in astrophysics: guidelines for future UV observatories / (eds.) Ana I. Gómez de Castro & Willem Wamsteker. Dordrecht : Springer, 2006. ISBN: 1402048386 (hdbk.)  (65/GOM)

 

Global warming : the complete briefing / John Houghton. Edition: 3rd ed Cambridge University Press, 2004. ISBN: 0521817625 0521528747 (pbk)  (87/HOU)

 

Island universes : structure and evolution of disk galaxies / R.S. de Jong, editor. Dordrecht : Springer, 2007. ISBN: 1402055722  9781402055720 Proceedings of a conference held in Terschelling, The Netherlands, 3-8 July 2005.  (130/JON)

 

Conceptions of cosmos : from myths to the accelerating Universe : a history of cosmology / Helge Kragh. Oxford University Press, 2006. ISBN: 9780199209163 (hbk.) 0199209162 (hbk.)  (5/KRA)

 

Focus on black hole research / Paul V. Kreitler, editor.  New York : Nova Science Publishers, 2006. ISBN: 1594544603  (58/KRE)

 

Exploring the cosmic frontier : astrophysical instruments for the 21st century / A.P. Lobanov ... [et al.], (eds.). Berlin : Springer, 2007. ISBN: 9783540397557 (hd.bd.) 3540397558 (hd.bd.) Series: ESO astrophysics symposia  (14/LOB)

 

Extragalactic astronomy and cosmology : an introduction / Peter Schneider. Berlin ; New York : Springer, 2006. ISBN: 9783540331742 (hbk.) 3540331743 (hbk.)  (8/SCH)

 

Is Pluto a planet? : a historical journey through the solar system / David A. Weintraub. Princeton, N.J. ; Woodstock : Princeton University Press, 2007. ISBN: 9780691123486 (hbk.) 0691123489 (hbk.)  (91/WEI)