NEW BOOKS: OCTOBER 2007

 

The paraboloidal reflector antenna in radio astronomy and communication : theory and practice / Jacob W.M. Baars. New York : Springer, 2007. ISBN: 9780387697338 (hbk.) 0387697330 (hbk.) Astrophysics and space science library ; v. 348 (23/BAA)

 

Planetary landers and entry probes / Andrew J. Ball ... [et al.]. Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2007.. ISBN: 9780521820028 (24/BAL)

 

The calculus wars: Newton, Leibniz, and the greatest mathematical clash of all time / J. Bardi. London : High Stakes, 2006. ISBN: 9781843440307 (hbk.)  (150/BAR)

 

Comet/asteroid impacts and human society : an interdisciplinary approach / Peter T. Bobrowsky, Hans Rickman (eds.). Berlin ; New York : Springer, 2007. ISBN: 9783540327097 3540327096 (107/BOB)

 

Gathering the forgotten voices: an oral history of CFHT’s early years / Liz Bryson, Hawaii : Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope Corporation, 2006. CD disc (CANADA)

 

Stellar evolution : the life & death of stars / Robin M. Catchpole. Published: London : Royal Observatory Greenwich & National Maritime Museum, [2007]. (110/CAT)

 

SINS--small ionized and neutral structures in the diffuse interstellar medium : proceedings of a workshop held at NRAO, Socorro, New Mexico, May 2006 / eds. M. Haverkorn & W.M. Goss. San Francisco : Astronomical Society of the Pacific, 2007. ISBN: 9781583812334 1583812334 ASP conference series ; v. 365 (B.7.1)

 

Near Earth objects, our celestial neighbors : opportunity and risk : proceedings of the 236th IAU Symposium Prague, 2006 / eds. Andrea Milani, Giovanni B. Valsecchi & David Vokrouhlický.: CUP, 2007. ISBN: 9780521863452 0521863457 (B.6.1)

 

Multiple scattering of light by particles : radiative transfer and coherent backscattering / Michael I. Mishchenko, Larry D. Travis, Andrew A. Lacis. Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2006. ISBN: 0521834902 (hbk) 9780521834902 (145/MIS)

 

Groups of galaxies in the nearby universe / Eds. I. Saviane, V.D. Ivanov & J. Borissova. New York : Springer, 2007. ISBN: 9783540711728  Proceedings of the ESO Workshop held at Santiago de Chile, December, 2005. (133/SAV)

 

Endless universe : beyond the Big Bang / Paul J. Steinhardt and Neil Turok. New York : Doubleday, 2007. ISBN: 0385509642 9780385509640 (136/STE)

 

The future of photometric, spectrophotometric and polarimetric standardization : proceedings of a meeting held in Blankenberge, Belgium, May, 2006 / editor: Christiaan Sterken.: San Francisco, Calif. : Astronomical Society of the Pacific, 2007. ISBN: 9781583812327 1583812326 ASP conference series ; v. 364 (B.7.1)