British Astronomical Association

Supporting amateur astronomers since 1890

Book Reviews

These reviews of books on astronomical topics are reprinted from the BAA Journal and can be read below without a subscription.

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Atlas of Great Comets
2015 Mar 22
Ronald Stoyan (tr. Storm Dunlop)

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Nature’s third cycle − a story of sunspots
2015 Mar 20
Arnab Rai Choudhuri

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The observer’s guide to planetary motion
2015 Jan 19
Dominic Ford

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A journey through the Universe
2015 Jan 19
Ian Morison

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Solar system maps: from antiquity to the space age
2014 Dec 3
Nick Kanas

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An amateur’s guide to observing and imaging the heavens
2014 Dec 3
Ian Morison

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Total Addiction: The life of an eclipse chaser
2014 Dec 3
Kate Russo

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2015 Guide to the Night Sky
2014 Dec 3
Storm Dunlop & Wil Tirion

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The Stargazers’ Almanac 2015
2014 Sep 18
Bob Mizon

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Introducing the planets and their moons
2014 Sep 18
Peter Cattermole

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William Parsons, 3rd Earl of Rosse: Astronomy and the castle in nineteenth-century Ireland
2014 Sep 18
Charles Mollan (Ed.)

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The dark skies of the North Pennines: An amateur photographer’s delight
2014 Jul 22
Graham Relf

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Statistics, data mining and machine learning in astronomy
2014 Mar 28
Zeljko Ivezic et al.

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Space has no frontier
2014 Mar 28
John Bromley-Davenport

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From dust to life − the origin and evolution of our solar system
2014 Mar 28
John Chambers & Jacqueline Mitton

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Comets! – visitors from deep space
2014 Jan 26
David J. Eicher

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Encyclopedia of the history of astronomy and astrophysics
2014 Jan 26
David Leverington

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How to observe the Sun safely
2013 Nov 30
Lee Macdonald

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How to build a habitable planet
2013 Nov 30
Charles H. Langmuir & Wally Boeker

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The star atlas companion
2013 Nov 30
Philip M. Bagnall