OVERVIEW: HISTORICAL
Ferris, Timothy – Coming of Age in the Milky
Way- 509/FER
Sagan, Carl - Cosmos- 520/SAG
SOLAR SYSTEM:
Greeley & Batson – The Compact NASA Atlas
of the Solar System
TELESCOPES:
Dickinson, Terrence – The Backyard Astronomer’s
Guide- 522/DIC
CONSTELLATIONS
/STARS - HOW TO FIND THEM:
Raymo, Chet – 365 Starry Nights – An introduction
to Astronomy- 523/RAY
Raymo, Chet – An Intimate Look at the Night
Sky
Rey, H.A. – Find the Constellations
Laurence Holt Books – Stikky Night Skies
LOCATING
“DEEP SKY” OBJECTS WITH YOUR TELESCOPE:
Pennington – The Year-Round Messier Marathon
Field Guide
Consolmagno – Turn Left at Orion
COSMOLOGY:
Ferris, Timothy – The Whole Shebang- 523.1/FER
Hawking, Stephen – A Brief History of Time-
523.1/HAW
VISUALIZING SIZE/DISTANCE:
Eames & Morrison – Powers of Ten: A Book
About the Relative Size of Things in the Universe-
FICTION:
Robinson,
Kim –
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Blue
Mars-SF/ Robinson,K |
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Green
Mars |
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Red
Mars-SF/ Robinson,K |
Abbott, Edwin A. - Flatland- 510/ABB
Burger, Dionys – Sphereland, A Fantasy about
Curved Space and an Expanding Universe- 510/BUR
MAGAZINES:
Sky and Telescope- Library keeps current plus 2 years
Astronomy Magazine-
