EIU Booth Library

The night sky and far, far beyond

Posted on August 25th, 2016

Miss the Perseid meteor shower this year? Swing into Booth for a stunning exhibit in the North foyer on mounted by Booth’s Physics Librarian David Bell and Physics Professor Steve Daniels.

Pictured: The Katzman Automatic Imaging Telescope, which contributed to the discovery that the expansion of the universe is speeding up, not slowing down. The KAIT telescope was refurbished by EIU’s Robert Holmes and his physics students.

Professor Bell has curated this list of Astronomy titles from Booth collection, also on display in the 3rd floor corridor.

• Amateur Astronomer
• QB63 .A23 2001
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• Archives Of the Universe: A Treasury Of Astronomy’s Historic Works Of Discovery
• QB15 .A75 2004
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• Astronomy Revolution: 400 Years Of Exploring the Cosmos
• New Vision 400 (2008 : Beijing, China)
• QB15 .N486 2012
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• Big Splat, Or, How Our Moon Came to Be
• Mackenzie, Dana.
• QB581 .M335 2003x
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• Black Holes: A Traveler’s Guide
• Pickover, Clifford A.
• QB843.B55 P53 1996
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• Black Holes: An Introduction
• Raine, Derek J., 1946-
• QB843.B55 R35 2010
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• Book Nobody Read: Chasing the Revolutions Of Nicolaus Copernicus
• Gingerich, Owen.
• QB41 .G38 2004
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• Cambridge Concise History Of Astronomy
• QB15 .C35 1999x
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• Carl Sagan: A Life
• Davidson, Keay.
• QB36.S15 D38 1999
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• Carl Sagan: A Life in the Cosmos
• Poundstone, William.
• QB36.S15 P68 1999
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• Case for Pluto: How a Little Planet Made a Big Difference
• Boyle, Alan, 1954-
• QB701 .B69 2010
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• Case Of Galileo: A Closed Question?
• Fantoli, Annibale, 1924-
• QB36.G2 F2613 2012
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• Dark Energy: Observational and Theoretical Approaches
• QB791.3 .D366 2010
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• Deep-sky Observing: The Astronomical Tourist
• Coe, Steven R., 1949-
• QB64 .C597 2000
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• Defending Planet Earth: Near-earth-object Surveys and Hazard Mitigation Strategies
• National Research Council (U.S.). Committee to Review Near-Earth-Object Surveys and Hazard Mitigation Strategies.
• QB741 .N373 2010x
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• Discoverers Of the Universe: William and Caroline Herschel
• Hoskin, Michael A.
• QB35 .H75 2011
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• Exploring Mars: Chronicles from a Decade Of Discovery
• Hubbard, Scott, 1948-
• QB643 .H83 2011
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• Galactic Supermassive Black Hole
• Melia, Fulvio.
• QB843.B55 M45 2007x
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• Galileo
• Heilbron, J. L.
• QB36.G2 H38 2010x
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• Galileo: Watcher Of the Skies
• Wootton, David, 1952-
• QB36.G2 W66 2010
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• Galileo’s Daughter: A Historical Memoir Of Science, Faith, and Love
• Sobel, Dava.
• QB36.G2 S65 1999
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• Galileo’s Muse: Renaissance Mathematics and the Arts
• Peterson, Mark A., 1946-
• QB36.G2 P48 2011
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• Giant Telescopes: Astronomical Ambition and the Promise Of Technology
• McCray, Patrick (W. Patrick)
• QB90 .M33 2004
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• Kepler’s Witch: An Astronomer’s Discovery Of Cosmic Order Amid Religious War, Political Intrigue, and the Heresy Trial Of His Mother
• Connor, James A.
• QB36.K4 C66 2004
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• Life and Death Of Stars
• Lang, Kenneth R.
• QB806 .L36 2013
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• Mars Up Close: Inside the Curiosity Mission
• Kaufman, Marc,
• QB641 .K24 2014
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• Mirror Earth: The Search for Our Planet’s Twin
• Lemonick, Michael D., 1953-
• QB820 .L46 2012
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• Moon: A Brief History
• Brunner, Bernd, 1964-
• QB581 .B78 2010
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• Passion for Mars: Intrepid Explorers Of the Red Planet
• Chaikin, Andrew, 1956-
• QB641 .C425 2008
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• Planets
• Sobel, Dava.
• QB601 .S63 2005
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• Probing the New Solar System
• Wilkinson, John, Prof.
• QB501 .W55 2009
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• Science Before Socrates: Parmenides, Anaxagoras, and the New Astronomy
• Graham, Daniel W.
• QB21 .G73 2013
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• Strange New Worlds: The Search for Alien Planets and Life Beyond Our Solar System
• Jayawardhana, Ray.
• QB820 .J39 2011
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• Sun Kings: The Unexpected Tragedy Of Richard Carrington and the Tale Of How Modern Astronomy Began
• Clark, Stuart (Stuart G.)
• QB35 .C53 2007x
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• To Measure the Sky: An Introduction to Observational Astronomy
• Chromey, Frederick R., 1944-
• QB145 .C525 2010
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