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A Book of Universal
Proportion, Michael
Chabin
Writing the story of astronomy is what we all attempt
to do, but how we do it is critical. |
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The
Real Stars of Harry Potter, C. Renée James
Writer J. K. Rowling’s universe of Harry Potter and associates
is colorful, complicated, and punctuated by some genuinely stellar
characters. |
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Our Whirling
World,
Joel Marks
Talk of days and years is fine, but we cannot
disentangle our world's rotation and revolution. |
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Out
of the Past: Astronomy Books for the Young, Then and Now,
Wayne Wood
Most of the allure of astronomy and outer space has always been
what is unknown, not what is known. |
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Departments
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Editorial, James C. White II
Never Far From Home |
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Armchair
Astrophysics, Christopher Wanjek
Sizing Up a Neutron Star |
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Planetary
Perspectives, Daniel D. Durda
A Horse of a Different Color |
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Echoes
of the Past, Katherine Bracher
Planetary Nebulae |
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Astronomer's
Notebook, Jennifer Birriel
The
Missing Satellites Problem |
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Annals
of Astronomy, Clifford J. Cunningham
Euler at 300 |
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Societal
Impact , Michael Gibbs
Astronomy Education from the Ground Up |
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Education
Matters, David Bruning
Taking the Proof Out of Theory |
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Sky Events, Richard
Talcott
November Sky Map | December
Sky Map | January Sky Map |
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Society
Scope |
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Last
Word, James G. Manning
Growing
into the New Century |
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