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TEXTS: Here are some texts we often use. See each
year's webpage above for details, and for seminar texts.
* Universe, by William Kaufmann
III and Roger Freedman (always get the most recent edition)
* Out of the Classroom, by Dennis
W. Dawson (2002, Brooks/Cole ISBN 0-534-38015-8 pbk)
* National Audubon Society Field Guide
to the Night Sky (2000, Alfred A. Knopf, NY, ISBN 0-679-40852-5
pbk). This excellent reference text helps you find and understand
objects in the sky, and includes classic stories about them.
OPTIONAL TEXTS because they are out
of print or difficult to obtain
Foundations of Modern Cosmology, by John F. Hawley
and Katherine A. Holcomb
Echoes of the Ancient Skies, by E.C. Krupp (1983,
Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-10-508801-8, pbk)
Conversing with the planets: How science and myth
invented the Cosmos, by Anthony Aveni
Stars of the First People, by Dorcas S. Miller
(1997, Pruett Publishing, Boulder, ISBN 0-87108-858-4 pbk)
Exploring the night sky with binoculars,
by Patrick Moore (2000, Cambridge Univ. Press, ISBN 0521 79390-4
pbk)
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