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The Astratomy Quarterly, Vol. 8, pp. 127-130. Printed in the USA. All rights reserved.
BOOKS RECEIVED
1991 Copyright
0364-9229191 $3.00+.00 (c) 1991 Pergamon Press plc
- A CLASSIFIED
LIST
M.J. DRJGGS Cosmology, History of-; and Philosophical Ramifications
of-
Basics of Modern Cosmology A.D. Dolgov, M.V. Saxhin and Ya.B. Zeldovich vi+247 pp. Editions Front&es, Gif sur Yvette Cedex, 1990, $ 28.00 (paper), $40.00 (hardcover) Discusses the link between cosmology and elementary the understanding of the nature of the vacuum within
particle physics the framework
with its ramification of quantum theory.
on
‘Ihe Edwin Hubble Papers: Previously Unpublished Manuscripts on the Extragalactic Nature of Spiral Nebulae Norriss S. Hetherington Pachart History of Astronomy Series Volume 7 256 pp. Pachart Publishing House, Tucson, 1990, $ 46.00 (paper) provides useful insights gives new understanding scientific methodology.
into a critical period of the development of modem not only about Hubble and his contemporaries,
astronomy and but also about
Origins: i%e Lives and Worlds of Modern Cosmologists A. Lightman and R. Brawer xi+563 pp. Harvard University Press, Cambridge, 1990, $ 29.95 (cloth) Interviews childhood
with twenty seven contemporary cosmologists who are talking and early influences, their motivations, prejudices, and world
candidly views.
about their
Cosmos in Transition: Studies in the History of Cosmology S.L. Jaki Pachart History of Astronomy Series Volume 5 256 pp. Pachart Publishing House, Tucson, 1990, $ 24.00 (paper) Nine essays breakthroughs
on major developments towards a more accurate
since the early 17th century, knowledge of the cosmos.
leading
to scientific
Olbers Studies - With three Unpublished Manuscripts by Olbers S.L. Jaki Pachart History of Astronomy Series Volume 8 96 pp. Pachart Publishing House, Tucson, 1991, $ 28.00 (paper) Three essays on Olbem and three papers left by Olbers in manuscript: of the cosmos, on interplanetary travel, and on the Copemican world
127
on unlimited system.
duration
128
M.J. Driggs
History of Astronomy,
History of Science, Philosophy
Chandra: A Biography of S. Chandrasekhar K.C. Wali x +341 pp. The University of Chicago Press, Chicago and London, $ 29.95 (cloth)
1991,
An intimate pottrait of a highly private and brillant individual, based on S. Chandrasekhar Papers in the University of Chicago Archives and on the author’s conversations with Chandra as well as on interviews with collegues and students of Chandra.
lk
Creation of Anglo-Australian
Observatory
S.C.B. Gascoigne, K.M. Proust and M.O. Robins xiii+301 pp. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, etc., 1991, $59.50 (cloth) The offtcial history of the Anglo-Australian Telescope in New South Wales which came into operation in 1974.
Creative Understanding: Philosophical Reflections on Physics R. Torretti xvi + 369 pp. The University of Chicago Press, Chicago and London, 1990, $ 32.50 (Paper), $ 79.95 (cloth) Pottrays mathematical physics as a creative attempt to understand aspects and fragments of the overall course of nature by conceiving of them as models of suitably contrived mathematical StNCtUlX%.
John Paul II on Science and Religion: Reflections on the New Viewfkom Rome R.J. Russell, W.R. Stoeger and G.V. Coyne, Editors ix + 14 + 122 pp. Vatican Observatory Publications, The University of Notre Dame Press, Notre Dame, 1990, $ 8.95 (Paper) Pope John Paul’s declaration on the relations between science and religion and the response to it by distinguished philosophers, theologians and scientists.
General Works, Popularizations Bound to the Sun: The Story of Planets, Moons, and Comets R. Kippenhahn ix+282 pp. W. H. Freeman and Company, New York1990, $19.95 (cloth) A popular description of the solar system.
The New Solar System J. K. Beatty and A. Chaikin, Editors viii + 326 pp. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, etc., 1990, $24.95 (paper), $ 39.90 (~10th). Third edition of this illustrated survey of the solar system.
ClassifiedBook List
129
SpecializedMonographsand GraduateTexts: Astrophysics,Physics,dc. Spacetime and Electromagnetism J.R. Lucas and P.E. Hodgson xiv+310 pp. Clarendon Press, Oxford, 1990, $ 29.95 (Paper) Philosophical a physicist.
ramifications
of Special Theory
of Relativity
discussed
by a philosopher
and by
Theory of Neutron Star Magnetospheres F. Curtis Michel xvi+517 pp. The University of Chicago Press, Chicago and London, 1991, $ 34.95 (paper), $ 79.95 (cloth) Discusses the known analytic and numerical solutions for models involving particles about neutron stars and gives an introduction to the observational data on neutron stars and its organization.
PuLrar Astronomy A.G. Lyne and F. Graham-Smith Cambridge Astrophysics Series Volume 16 xiv +274 pp. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, etc., 1990, $69.50 (hardcover) Introductory account for those catalogue of all known pulsars.
entering
tbe field
of pulsar
astrophysics
with
an up-to-date
Molecular Collisions in the Interstellar Medium D. Flower Cambridge Astrophysics Series Volume 17 xii + 133 pp. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, etc., 1990, $ 59.50 (hardcover) An introduction graduate students interstellar gas.
to the theory and research
of atomic and molecular collision processes addressed to workers in the field of astrophysics and asttochemistry of the
SpecializedMonographs and Graduate Texts: Celestial Mechanics, Earth and Planetary Sciences Planetary Mapping R. Greeley and R.M. Batson, Editors Cambridge Planetary Science Series Volume 6 xiii +296 pp. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, etc., 1990, $70.00 (cloth) The history
and process
of the mapping
of planets
and satellites
beyond
the Earth.
M.J. Driggs
130 Conference, cosmology
Symposium
and Workshop
Proceedings:
Astrophysics,
l%e Use of Pulsating Stars in Fundamental Problems of Astronomy E.G. Schmidt, Editor vii +297 pp. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, etc., 1990, $44.50 (cloth) Proceedings
of the 11 l* Colloquium
of the International
Astronomical
Union.
Clusters of Galaxies W.R. Oegerle, M.J. Fitchett and L. Danly, Editors Space Telescope Science Institute Symposium Series Volume 4 xiii + 395 pp. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, etc., 1990, $54.50 (cloth) Proceedings of the Clusters of Galaxies Space Telescope Science Institute.
Numerical
and Computational
Workshop
held May
B-17,
1989 in Baltimore
at the
Methods
Random Processes in Physical Systems: An Introduction to Probability-Based Computer Simulations C.A. Whitney xv+320 pp. John Wiley and Sons, Inc., New York, etc., 1990, $ 44.95 (cloth) Simulations illustrating
in discrete the principle
Astronomy
spaces, processes in continuous spaces. of randomness in physical systems.
and dynamic
simulations
for Amateurs; Observer’s Handbooks
Webb Society Deep-Sky Observer’s Handbook J.E. Isles Volume 8 Variable Stars xiv+21Opp. Enslow Publishers, Inc., Hillside, N.J., 1990, $ 19.95 (paper) Field Most
guide to 110 variable stars with finding charts for mom of theese stars are suitable for visual observations.
serious
amateur
astronomers.
Touring the Universe through Binoculars: A Complete Astronomer’s Guidebook P.S. Hanington xi+294 pp. John Wiley and Sons, Inc., New York, etc., 1990, $ 24.95 (cardcover) A guide
to stargazing
and an activity
book
for sky watchers
of all ages.
BOOKS RECEIVED
1991 Copyright
0364-9229191 $3.00+.00 (c) 1991 Pergamon Press plc
- A CLASSIFIED
LIST
M.J. DRJGGS Cosmology, History of-; and Philosophical Ramifications
of-
Basics of Modern Cosmology A.D. Dolgov, M.V. Saxhin and Ya.B. Zeldovich vi+247 pp. Editions Front&es, Gif sur Yvette Cedex, 1990, $ 28.00 (paper), $40.00 (hardcover) Discusses the link between cosmology and elementary the understanding of the nature of the vacuum within
particle physics the framework
with its ramification of quantum theory.
on
‘Ihe Edwin Hubble Papers: Previously Unpublished Manuscripts on the Extragalactic Nature of Spiral Nebulae Norriss S. Hetherington Pachart History of Astronomy Series Volume 7 256 pp. Pachart Publishing House, Tucson, 1990, $ 46.00 (paper) provides useful insights gives new understanding scientific methodology.
into a critical period of the development of modem not only about Hubble and his contemporaries,
astronomy and but also about
Origins: i%e Lives and Worlds of Modern Cosmologists A. Lightman and R. Brawer xi+563 pp. Harvard University Press, Cambridge, 1990, $ 29.95 (cloth) Interviews childhood
with twenty seven contemporary cosmologists who are talking and early influences, their motivations, prejudices, and world
candidly views.
about their
Cosmos in Transition: Studies in the History of Cosmology S.L. Jaki Pachart History of Astronomy Series Volume 5 256 pp. Pachart Publishing House, Tucson, 1990, $ 24.00 (paper) Nine essays breakthroughs
on major developments towards a more accurate
since the early 17th century, knowledge of the cosmos.
leading
to scientific
Olbers Studies - With three Unpublished Manuscripts by Olbers S.L. Jaki Pachart History of Astronomy Series Volume 8 96 pp. Pachart Publishing House, Tucson, 1991, $ 28.00 (paper) Three essays on Olbem and three papers left by Olbers in manuscript: of the cosmos, on interplanetary travel, and on the Copemican world
127
on unlimited system.
duration
128
M.J. Driggs
History of Astronomy,
History of Science, Philosophy
Chandra: A Biography of S. Chandrasekhar K.C. Wali x +341 pp. The University of Chicago Press, Chicago and London, $ 29.95 (cloth)
1991,
An intimate pottrait of a highly private and brillant individual, based on S. Chandrasekhar Papers in the University of Chicago Archives and on the author’s conversations with Chandra as well as on interviews with collegues and students of Chandra.
lk
Creation of Anglo-Australian
Observatory
S.C.B. Gascoigne, K.M. Proust and M.O. Robins xiii+301 pp. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, etc., 1991, $59.50 (cloth) The offtcial history of the Anglo-Australian Telescope in New South Wales which came into operation in 1974.
Creative Understanding: Philosophical Reflections on Physics R. Torretti xvi + 369 pp. The University of Chicago Press, Chicago and London, 1990, $ 32.50 (Paper), $ 79.95 (cloth) Pottrays mathematical physics as a creative attempt to understand aspects and fragments of the overall course of nature by conceiving of them as models of suitably contrived mathematical StNCtUlX%.
John Paul II on Science and Religion: Reflections on the New Viewfkom Rome R.J. Russell, W.R. Stoeger and G.V. Coyne, Editors ix + 14 + 122 pp. Vatican Observatory Publications, The University of Notre Dame Press, Notre Dame, 1990, $ 8.95 (Paper) Pope John Paul’s declaration on the relations between science and religion and the response to it by distinguished philosophers, theologians and scientists.
General Works, Popularizations Bound to the Sun: The Story of Planets, Moons, and Comets R. Kippenhahn ix+282 pp. W. H. Freeman and Company, New York1990, $19.95 (cloth) A popular description of the solar system.
The New Solar System J. K. Beatty and A. Chaikin, Editors viii + 326 pp. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, etc., 1990, $24.95 (paper), $ 39.90 (~10th). Third edition of this illustrated survey of the solar system.
ClassifiedBook List
129
SpecializedMonographsand GraduateTexts: Astrophysics,Physics,dc. Spacetime and Electromagnetism J.R. Lucas and P.E. Hodgson xiv+310 pp. Clarendon Press, Oxford, 1990, $ 29.95 (Paper) Philosophical a physicist.
ramifications
of Special Theory
of Relativity
discussed
by a philosopher
and by
Theory of Neutron Star Magnetospheres F. Curtis Michel xvi+517 pp. The University of Chicago Press, Chicago and London, 1991, $ 34.95 (paper), $ 79.95 (cloth) Discusses the known analytic and numerical solutions for models involving particles about neutron stars and gives an introduction to the observational data on neutron stars and its organization.
PuLrar Astronomy A.G. Lyne and F. Graham-Smith Cambridge Astrophysics Series Volume 16 xiv +274 pp. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, etc., 1990, $69.50 (hardcover) Introductory account for those catalogue of all known pulsars.
entering
tbe field
of pulsar
astrophysics
with
an up-to-date
Molecular Collisions in the Interstellar Medium D. Flower Cambridge Astrophysics Series Volume 17 xii + 133 pp. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, etc., 1990, $ 59.50 (hardcover) An introduction graduate students interstellar gas.
to the theory and research
of atomic and molecular collision processes addressed to workers in the field of astrophysics and asttochemistry of the
SpecializedMonographs and Graduate Texts: Celestial Mechanics, Earth and Planetary Sciences Planetary Mapping R. Greeley and R.M. Batson, Editors Cambridge Planetary Science Series Volume 6 xiii +296 pp. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, etc., 1990, $70.00 (cloth) The history
and process
of the mapping
of planets
and satellites
beyond
the Earth.
M.J. Driggs
130 Conference, cosmology
Symposium
and Workshop
Proceedings:
Astrophysics,
l%e Use of Pulsating Stars in Fundamental Problems of Astronomy E.G. Schmidt, Editor vii +297 pp. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, etc., 1990, $44.50 (cloth) Proceedings
of the 11 l* Colloquium
of the International
Astronomical
Union.
Clusters of Galaxies W.R. Oegerle, M.J. Fitchett and L. Danly, Editors Space Telescope Science Institute Symposium Series Volume 4 xiii + 395 pp. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, etc., 1990, $54.50 (cloth) Proceedings of the Clusters of Galaxies Space Telescope Science Institute.
Numerical
and Computational
Workshop
held May
B-17,
1989 in Baltimore
at the
Methods
Random Processes in Physical Systems: An Introduction to Probability-Based Computer Simulations C.A. Whitney xv+320 pp. John Wiley and Sons, Inc., New York, etc., 1990, $ 44.95 (cloth) Simulations illustrating
in discrete the principle
Astronomy
spaces, processes in continuous spaces. of randomness in physical systems.
and dynamic
simulations
for Amateurs; Observer’s Handbooks
Webb Society Deep-Sky Observer’s Handbook J.E. Isles Volume 8 Variable Stars xiv+21Opp. Enslow Publishers, Inc., Hillside, N.J., 1990, $ 19.95 (paper) Field Most
guide to 110 variable stars with finding charts for mom of theese stars are suitable for visual observations.
serious
amateur
astronomers.
Touring the Universe through Binoculars: A Complete Astronomer’s Guidebook P.S. Hanington xi+294 pp. John Wiley and Sons, Inc., New York, etc., 1990, $ 24.95 (cardcover) A guide
to stargazing
and an activity
book
for sky watchers
of all ages.