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The Stars: A New Way to See Them is an astronomy book by H. A. Rey. It was first published in 1952 (Houghton Mifflin, Boston) and revised in 1962. It was updated again in 1997. Other editions were: Chatto and Windus, London, 1975; "A New Way to see the Stars", Paul Hamlyn, London, 1966; Enl. World-wide ed. Houghton Mifflin, 1967.
Epitome Astronomiae Copernicanae. The Epitome Astronomiae Copernicanae was an astronomy book on the heliocentric system published by Johannes Kepler in the period 1618 to 1621. The first volume (books I–III) was printed in 1618, the second (book IV) in 1620, and the third (books V–VII) in 1621.
Cover art of Space Atlas (First edition, 2012) Space Atlas: Mapping the Universe and Beyond is a National Geographic book written by American physicist James S. Trefil, Robinson Professor of Physics at George Mason University in 2012. It is subdivided into three parts, including photography, star charts, and general information surrounding the ...
Almagest. An edition in Latin of the Almagestum in 1515. The Almagest (/ ˈælmədʒɛst / AL-mə-jest) is a 2nd-century mathematical and astronomical treatise on the apparent motions of the stars and planetary paths, written by Claudius Ptolemy (c. AD 100 – c. 170) in Koine Greek. [1] One of the most influential scientific texts in history ...
Mysterium Cosmographicum (lit. The Cosmographic Mystery, [note 1] alternately translated as Cosmic Mystery, The Secret of the World, or some variation) is an astronomy book by the German astronomer Johannes Kepler, published at Tübingen in late 1596 [1] [note 2] and in a second edition in 1621. Kepler proposed that the distance relationships ...
Accessory to War. Astrophysics for People in a Hurry is a 2017 popular science book by Neil deGrasse Tyson, centering around a number of basic questions about the universe. Published on May 2, 2017, by W. W. Norton & Company, the book is a collection of Tyson's essays that appeared in Natural History magazine at various times from 1997 to 2007.