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A possible drawback of this book is its brevity and emphasis on dynamical aspects of the interstellar medium but it can be remedied by supplemental reading. In sum, this book provides a good discussion of the basic physics of the interstellar medium and can serve well as the primary text for an undergraduate course on the interstellar medium. J. C. Higdon
Books Received: A Classified List History of Astronomy, History of Science, Philosophy Galileo and the Art of Reasoning Rhetorical Foundations of Logic and Scientific Method Maurice A. Finocchiaro Boston Studies in the Philosophy of Science, Vol. 61 478~~. D. Reidel Publishing Co., Dordrecht etc. 1980, $21.00 (paper), $42.00 (cloth) Detailed and analytical commentary on Galileo’s Dialogue. *Time and the Calendars W. M. O’Neil 138~~. Sydney University Press 1975, $23 .OO An account of the various major calendars and of the origin of our calendar for the inquisitive general reader. General Works, Popularizations Searching Between the Stars Lyman Spitzer, Jr. 179~~. Yale University Press, New Haven and London 1982, $25.00 Silliman Lectures by one of the world’s leading authorities on interstellar matter in an engaging, readable, non-mathematical style. Student Textbooks: Undergraduate
Level
The Physical Universe An Introduction to Astronomy Frank H. Shu 584~~. University Science Books, Mill Valley, CA 1982, $28.00 An outstanding introductory text not written for the lowest common denominator.
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Specialized Monographs
and Graduate Texts: Astrophysics, Physics etc.
*Comets Laurel L. Wilkening, Editor 766~~. University of Arizona Press, Tucson 1982, $29.95 A comprehensive study of comets by 48 specialists. Introduction to Advanced Astrophysics V. Kourganoff 479pp. D. Reidel Publishing Co., Dordrecht etc. 1980, $28.45 (paper), $71.05 (cloth) Basic stellar physics and cosmology for graduate and advanced undergraduate students. An Introduction to Nuclear Astrophysics The Formation and the Evolution of Matter in the Universe Jean Adouze and Sylvie Vauclair 167~~. D. Reidel Publishing Co., Dordrecht etc. 1979, $19.95 (paper), $39.50 (cloth) A graduate or advanced undergraduate text on elementary nuclear astrophysics. Cosmic Plasma Hannes Alfven 164~~. D. Reidel Publishing Co., Dordrecht etc. 1981, $39.50 Concise overview of astrophysical plasmas by the famous plasma physicist and a Nobel laureate, and of his views on the origin of the solar system and on cosmology. Quantum Fields in Curved Space N. D. Birrell and P. C. W. Davies 34Opp. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge etc. 1982, $49.50 Comprehensive review of gravitational effects in quantum field theory for graduate students and specialists in physics, astrophysics and cosmology. Conference, Cosmology
Symposium
and
Workshop
Proceed@:
Ninth Texas Symposium on Relativistic Astrophysics Juergen Ehlers, Judith J. Perry and Martin Walker, Editors 599pp. New York Academy of Sciences, N.Y. 1980, $105.00 Proceedings of the symposium held in Munich in 1978. Tenth Texas Symposium on Relativistic Astrophysics Reuven Ramaty and Frank C. Jones, Editors 467~~. New York Academy of Sciences, N.Y. 1981, $100.00 Proceedings of the symposium held in Baltimore, MD in 1980.
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Astrophysics,
X-ray Astronomy with the Einstein Satellite Riccardo Giacconi, Editor 33Opp. D. Reidel Publishing Co., Dordrecht etc. 1981, DFL 85.00 Proceedings of the High Energy Astrophysics division of the American Astronomical Society meeting held at Cambridge, Mass. in 1980. Origin of Cosmic Rays G. Setti, G. Spada and A. W. Wolfendale, Editors 409~~. D. Reidel Publishing Co., Dordrecht etc. 1981, $23.50 (paper), $52.50 cloth Proceedings of the 94th symposium of the International Astronomical Union held in Bologna in 1980. Extragalactic Radio Sources David S. Heeschen and Campbell M. Wade, Editors 49Opp. D. Reidel Publishing Co., Dordrecht etc. 1982, $26,00 (paper), $54.50 (cloth) Proceedings of the 97th symposium of the International Astronomical Union held in Albuquerque, NM in 1981. Astrophysical Parameters for Globular Clusters A. G. D. Philip and D. S. Hayes, Editors 614~~. L. Davis Press, Schenectady, NY 1981, $25.00 Proceedings of the 68th colloquium of the International Astronomical Union held in Schenectady, NY in 1981. Conference, Symposium and Workshop Proceedings: Earth and Planetary Sciences *Origin of Thermoremanent Magnetization David J. Dunlap, Editor 212~~. Japan Scientific Societies Press, Tokyo 1977, $24.50 Proceedings of a meeting of the American Geophysical Union held in San Francisco in 1976. *Earthquake Precursors C. Kisslinger and Z. Suzuki, Editors 296~~. Japan Scientific Societies Press, Tokyo 1978, $32.50 Proceedings of the US-Japan seminar held in Tokyo in 1977. *Terrestrial Rare Gases E. C. Alexander, Jr. and M. Ozima, Editors 229pp. Japan Scientific Societies Press, Tokyo 1978, $24.50 Proceedings of a US-Japan seminar held in Hakone National Park in 1977.
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*Auroral Processes C. T. Russel, Editor 262~~. Japan Scientific Societies Press, Tokyo 1979, $32.50 Proceedings of a meeting of the International Association of Geomagnetism and Aeronomy held in Seattle in 1977. *Tectonomagnetics and Local Geomagnetic Field Variations M. Fuller, M. J. S. Johnston and T. Yukutake, Editors 139pp. Japan Scientific Societies Press, Tokyo 1979, $22.50 Proceedings of a meeting of the International Association on Geomagnetism and Aeronomy held in Seattle in 1977. *Geodynamics of the Western Pacific S. Uyeda, R. W. Murphy and K. Kobayashi, Editors 592~~. Japan Scientific Societies Press, Tokyo 1979, $49.50 Proceedings of a conference held in Tokyo in 1978. *Electric Current and Atmospheric Motion S. Kato and R. G. Roper, Editors 294~~. Japan Scientific Societies Press, Tokyo 1980, $24.50 Proceedings of a meeting of the International Association on Geomagnetism and Aeronomy held in Seattle in 1977. Observers Handbooks Observational Astronomy for Amateurs Fourth Edition J. B. Sidgwick 349pp. Enslow Publishers, Hillside, NJ 1982, $5.95 (paper), $19.95 (hardcover) Standard reference on observing techniques in amateur astronomy, completely revised by James Muirden. Reference Works Sky Catalogue 2000.0 Volume One: Stars to Magnitude 8 .O Alan Hirshfeld and Roger W. Sinnott, Editors 63Opp. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge etc. 1982, $29.95 (paper), $44.95 (hardcover) A companion to Tririon’s Sky Atlas 2000.0 contains description of some 37,000 stars brighter than 8.05 magnitude. *Available from Pachart Publishing House, P.O. Box 35549, Tucson, AZ 85740 (No shipping and handling charges on prepaid orders) 143
Books Received: A Classified List History of Astronomy, History of Science, Philosophy Galileo and the Art of Reasoning Rhetorical Foundations of Logic and Scientific Method Maurice A. Finocchiaro Boston Studies in the Philosophy of Science, Vol. 61 478~~. D. Reidel Publishing Co., Dordrecht etc. 1980, $21.00 (paper), $42.00 (cloth) Detailed and analytical commentary on Galileo’s Dialogue. *Time and the Calendars W. M. O’Neil 138~~. Sydney University Press 1975, $23 .OO An account of the various major calendars and of the origin of our calendar for the inquisitive general reader. General Works, Popularizations Searching Between the Stars Lyman Spitzer, Jr. 179~~. Yale University Press, New Haven and London 1982, $25.00 Silliman Lectures by one of the world’s leading authorities on interstellar matter in an engaging, readable, non-mathematical style. Student Textbooks: Undergraduate
Level
The Physical Universe An Introduction to Astronomy Frank H. Shu 584~~. University Science Books, Mill Valley, CA 1982, $28.00 An outstanding introductory text not written for the lowest common denominator.
140
Specialized Monographs
and Graduate Texts: Astrophysics, Physics etc.
*Comets Laurel L. Wilkening, Editor 766~~. University of Arizona Press, Tucson 1982, $29.95 A comprehensive study of comets by 48 specialists. Introduction to Advanced Astrophysics V. Kourganoff 479pp. D. Reidel Publishing Co., Dordrecht etc. 1980, $28.45 (paper), $71.05 (cloth) Basic stellar physics and cosmology for graduate and advanced undergraduate students. An Introduction to Nuclear Astrophysics The Formation and the Evolution of Matter in the Universe Jean Adouze and Sylvie Vauclair 167~~. D. Reidel Publishing Co., Dordrecht etc. 1979, $19.95 (paper), $39.50 (cloth) A graduate or advanced undergraduate text on elementary nuclear astrophysics. Cosmic Plasma Hannes Alfven 164~~. D. Reidel Publishing Co., Dordrecht etc. 1981, $39.50 Concise overview of astrophysical plasmas by the famous plasma physicist and a Nobel laureate, and of his views on the origin of the solar system and on cosmology. Quantum Fields in Curved Space N. D. Birrell and P. C. W. Davies 34Opp. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge etc. 1982, $49.50 Comprehensive review of gravitational effects in quantum field theory for graduate students and specialists in physics, astrophysics and cosmology. Conference, Cosmology
Symposium
and
Workshop
Proceed@:
Ninth Texas Symposium on Relativistic Astrophysics Juergen Ehlers, Judith J. Perry and Martin Walker, Editors 599pp. New York Academy of Sciences, N.Y. 1980, $105.00 Proceedings of the symposium held in Munich in 1978. Tenth Texas Symposium on Relativistic Astrophysics Reuven Ramaty and Frank C. Jones, Editors 467~~. New York Academy of Sciences, N.Y. 1981, $100.00 Proceedings of the symposium held in Baltimore, MD in 1980.
141
Astrophysics,
X-ray Astronomy with the Einstein Satellite Riccardo Giacconi, Editor 33Opp. D. Reidel Publishing Co., Dordrecht etc. 1981, DFL 85.00 Proceedings of the High Energy Astrophysics division of the American Astronomical Society meeting held at Cambridge, Mass. in 1980. Origin of Cosmic Rays G. Setti, G. Spada and A. W. Wolfendale, Editors 409~~. D. Reidel Publishing Co., Dordrecht etc. 1981, $23.50 (paper), $52.50 cloth Proceedings of the 94th symposium of the International Astronomical Union held in Bologna in 1980. Extragalactic Radio Sources David S. Heeschen and Campbell M. Wade, Editors 49Opp. D. Reidel Publishing Co., Dordrecht etc. 1982, $26,00 (paper), $54.50 (cloth) Proceedings of the 97th symposium of the International Astronomical Union held in Albuquerque, NM in 1981. Astrophysical Parameters for Globular Clusters A. G. D. Philip and D. S. Hayes, Editors 614~~. L. Davis Press, Schenectady, NY 1981, $25.00 Proceedings of the 68th colloquium of the International Astronomical Union held in Schenectady, NY in 1981. Conference, Symposium and Workshop Proceedings: Earth and Planetary Sciences *Origin of Thermoremanent Magnetization David J. Dunlap, Editor 212~~. Japan Scientific Societies Press, Tokyo 1977, $24.50 Proceedings of a meeting of the American Geophysical Union held in San Francisco in 1976. *Earthquake Precursors C. Kisslinger and Z. Suzuki, Editors 296~~. Japan Scientific Societies Press, Tokyo 1978, $32.50 Proceedings of the US-Japan seminar held in Tokyo in 1977. *Terrestrial Rare Gases E. C. Alexander, Jr. and M. Ozima, Editors 229pp. Japan Scientific Societies Press, Tokyo 1978, $24.50 Proceedings of a US-Japan seminar held in Hakone National Park in 1977.
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*Auroral Processes C. T. Russel, Editor 262~~. Japan Scientific Societies Press, Tokyo 1979, $32.50 Proceedings of a meeting of the International Association of Geomagnetism and Aeronomy held in Seattle in 1977. *Tectonomagnetics and Local Geomagnetic Field Variations M. Fuller, M. J. S. Johnston and T. Yukutake, Editors 139pp. Japan Scientific Societies Press, Tokyo 1979, $22.50 Proceedings of a meeting of the International Association on Geomagnetism and Aeronomy held in Seattle in 1977. *Geodynamics of the Western Pacific S. Uyeda, R. W. Murphy and K. Kobayashi, Editors 592~~. Japan Scientific Societies Press, Tokyo 1979, $49.50 Proceedings of a conference held in Tokyo in 1978. *Electric Current and Atmospheric Motion S. Kato and R. G. Roper, Editors 294~~. Japan Scientific Societies Press, Tokyo 1980, $24.50 Proceedings of a meeting of the International Association on Geomagnetism and Aeronomy held in Seattle in 1977. Observers Handbooks Observational Astronomy for Amateurs Fourth Edition J. B. Sidgwick 349pp. Enslow Publishers, Hillside, NJ 1982, $5.95 (paper), $19.95 (hardcover) Standard reference on observing techniques in amateur astronomy, completely revised by James Muirden. Reference Works Sky Catalogue 2000.0 Volume One: Stars to Magnitude 8 .O Alan Hirshfeld and Roger W. Sinnott, Editors 63Opp. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge etc. 1982, $29.95 (paper), $44.95 (hardcover) A companion to Tririon’s Sky Atlas 2000.0 contains description of some 37,000 stars brighter than 8.05 magnitude. *Available from Pachart Publishing House, P.O. Box 35549, Tucson, AZ 85740 (No shipping and handling charges on prepaid orders) 143