New Books May 2007

Astronomy

Cosmology

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AUTHOR: Kragh, Helge
TITLE: Conceptions of cosmos: From myths to the accelerating universe: A history of cosmology
IMPRINT: Oxford; New York: Oxford University Press, 2007
SUBJECT: Cosmology--History
CALL: QB981 .K729 2006
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Perturbation

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AUTHOR: Ferraz-Mello, Sylvio
TITLE: Canonical perturbation theories: Degenerate systems and resonance
IMPRINT: New York: Springer Science+Business Media, c2007
SERIES: Astrophysics and space science library; v. 345
SUBJECT: Perturbation (Astronomy)
CALL: QB361 .F47 2007
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Planets

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AUTHOR: Weintraub, David A.
TITLE: Is Pluto a planet?: A historical journey through the solar system
IMPRINT: Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press, c2007
SUBJECTS: Planets; Solar system; Pluto (Dwarf planet)
CALL: QB602.9 .W456 2007
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Radio Astronomy

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TITLE: Revealing the molecular universe: One antenna is never enough: Proceedings of a symposium held at University of California, Berkeley, California, USA, 9-10 September 2005
EDITORS: D.C. Backer, J.L. Turner, and J.M. Moran
IMPRINT: San Francisco, Calif.: Astronomical Society of the Pacific, 2006
SUBJECTS: Welch, Wm. J; Very long baseline astronomy--Congresses; Radio astronomy--History--Congresses
CALL: QB1 .A8133 V.356; Also available via the World Wide Web to Stanford-affiliated users: [Link]
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Stars

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TITLE: Active OB-stars: Laboratories for stellar and circumstellar physics: Proceedings of a conference held at Hokkai-Gakuen University, Sapporo, Japan, August 29-September 2, 2005
EDITORS: Stanislav Štefl, Stanley P. Owocki, and Atsuo T. Okazaki
IMPRINT: San Francisco, CA: Astronomical Society of the Pacific, 2007
SERIES: Astronomical Society of the Pacific conference series; v. 361
SUBJECTS: O stars--Congresses; B stars--Congresses; Disks (Astrophysics)--Congresses
CALL: QB1 .A8133 V.361; Also available via the World Wide Web to Stanford-affiliated users: [Link]
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TITLE: Trends in pulsar research
EDITOR: John A. Lowry
IMPRINT: New York: Nova Science, c2007
SUBJECT: Pulsars--Research
CALL: QB843 .P8 T74 2007
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Sun

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ORGANIZATION: National Solar Observatory/Sacramento Peak. Summer Workshop (23rd: 2005: Sunspot, N.M.)
TITLE: Solar MHD theory and observations: A high spatial resolution perspective in honor of Robert F. Stein: Proceedings of a meeting held at the National Solar Observatory, Sacramento Peak, Sunspot, New Mexico, USA, 18-22 July 2005
EDITORS: Han Uitenbroek, John Leibacher, and Robert F. Stein
IMPRINT: San Francisco, Calif.: Astronomical Society of the Pacific, 2006
SERIES: Astronomical Society of the Pacific conference series; v. 354
SUBJECTS: Stein, Robert F.; Magnetohydrodynamics--Congresses; Solar magnetic fields--Congresses
CALL: QB1 .A8133 V.354
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Mathematics & Computer Science

Dynamics

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TITLE: Nonlinear dynamics of chaotic and stochastic systems: Tutorial and modern developments, 2nd enlarged ed.
EDITORS: Vadim S. Anishchenko, Vladimir Astakhov, Alexander Neiman, Tatjana, Vadivasova, and Lutz Schimansky-Geier
IMPRINT: Berlin; New York: Springer, c2007
SERIES: Springer complexity; Springer series in synergetics
SUBJECTS: Dynamics; Nonlinear theories; Chaotic behavior in systems; Stochastic systems
CALL: QA845 .N667 2007
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