NEW BOOKS: MARCH 2005

Astrodynamics, space missions, and chaos / edited by Edward Belbruno, David Folta, and Pini Gurfil. New York : New York Academy of Sciences, 2004. ISBN: 1573315133 (pbk) Series: Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences ; v.1017 (28/BEL)

Milky way surveys : the structure and evolution of our galaxy: the 5th Boston University Astrophysics Conference / [eds.] Dan Clemens, Ronak Shah, Tereasa Brainerd. 1st ed. San Francisco: Astronomical Society of the Pacific, 2004. ISBN 158381177X ASP CS 317. Proceedings of a meeting held in Boston, Mass., 15-17 June 2003. (B.7.1)

Den Himmel fest im Blick : eine wissenschaftliche Biografie über den Astro-Optiker Bernhard Schmidt / Barbara Dufner. Stuttgart : F. Steiner, 2002. ISBN: 351508097x Series: Studien zur modernen Geschichte ; Bd. 56 Notes: Originally presented as the author's thesis (doctoral)--Universität Hamburg, 2001. (3/SCH/D)

The fabric of the cosmos : space, time and the texture of reality / Brian Greene. Published: London : Penguin, 2005. ISBN: 0141011114 (138/GRE)

Parallel worlds : the science of alternative universes and our future in the cosmos / Michio Kaku. London : Allen Lane, 2005. ISBN: 0713997281 (137/KAK)

Mars : a warmer, wetter planet / Jeffrey S. Kargel. London : Springer ; Praxis, 2004. ISBN1852335688 Springer-Praxis astronomy and space sciences (95/KAR)

Stars and numbers : astronomy and mathematics in the medieval Arab and western worlds / Paul Kunitzsch. Aldershot : Ashgate, 2004. ISBN: 0860789683 Collected studies ; CS 791 Variorum collected studies series ; CS 791 (5/KUN)

Empire of the stars : friendship, obsession & betrayal in the quest for black holes / Arthur I. Miller. London : Little, Brown, 2005. ISBN: 0316725552 (3/CHA/M)

Nasa office of space science education and public outreach conference / [eds. Lynn Narasimhan, Bernhard Beck-Winchatz, Isabel Hawkins and Cassandra Runyon. 1st ed. San Francisco, CA : Astronomical Society of the Pacific, 2004. ISBN: 1583811818 ASP CS 319. Proceedings of a meeting held at the Union League Club of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, 12-14 June, 2002. (B.7.1)

Observing variable stars, novae, and supernovae / Gerald North ; (with accompanying CD-ROM by Nick James). Cambridge : CUP, 2004. ISBN: 0521820472 (8/NOR)

Physics of the Earth's space environment : an introduction / Gerd W. Prolss. Berlin, [Great Britain] : Springer, 2004. ISBN: 3540214267 (89/PRO)

A journey with Fred Hoyle: the serch for cosmic life/ Chandra Wickramasinghe Singapore; London: World Scientific, 2005 (3/HOY/W)