Astronomy and Astrophysics History and Philosophy

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Astronomy through the Ages:
The Story of the Human Attempt to Understand the Universe.
R. Wilson.

Celestial Encounters:
The Origins of Chaos and Stability.
F. Diacu and P. Holmes.

The Composition of Kepler's Astronomia nova.
J.R. Voelkel.

Cosmology and Controversy:
The Historical Development of Two Theories of the Universe.
H. Kragh.

The Faith of Scientists:
In Their Own Words.
N.K. Frankenberry, ed.

Geminos's Introduction to the Phenomena:
A Translation and Study of a Hellenistic Survey of Astronomy.
J. Evans and J.L. Berggren.

Is Pluto a Planet?
A Historical Journey through the Solar System.
D.A. Weintraub.

Joseph Cornell and Astronomy:
A Case for the Stars.
K. Hoving.

Venus in Transit.
E. Maor.

Keep Watching the Skies!
The Story of Operation Moonwatch and the Dawn of the Space Age.
W. McCray.

Shoemaker by Levy:
The Man Who Made an Impact.
D.H. Levy.

The Sun Kings:
The Unexpected Tragedy of Richard Carrington and the Tale of How Modern Astronomy Began.
S. Clark.

The Supernova Story.
L. Marschall.

The Telescope:
Its History, Technology, and Future.
G. Andersen.

The Tests of Time:
Readings in the Development of Physical Theory.
L.M. Dolling, G.N. Statile, et al., eds. A.F. Gianelli, et al., eds.

Traveling at the Speed of Thought:
Einstein and the Quest for Gravitational Waves.
D. Kennefick.

The Universe in a Mirror:
The Saga of the Hubble Space Telescope and the Visionaries Who Built It.
R. Zimmerman.

Walter Baade:
A Life in Astrophysics.
D.E. Osterbrock.

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