British Astronomical Association

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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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Finding a million-star hotel
2017 Mar 20
Bob Mizon

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UNIVERSAL: A guide to the cosmos
2017 Mar 20
Brian Cox & Jeff Forshaw

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Stargazing: a beginner’s guide to astronomy
2016 Nov 21
Radmila Topalovic & Tom Kerss

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Stargazers’ Almanac 2017: A monthly guide to the stars and planets
2016 Sep 24
Bob Mizon

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Kepler and the Universe: How one man revolutionized astronomy
2016 May 22
David K. Love

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Solar sketching: A comprehensive guide to drawing the Sun
2015 Nov 18
Erika Rix, Kim Hay, Sally Russell & Richard Handy

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Stargazers’ Almanac 2016
2015 Nov 18
Bob Mizon

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Philip’s complete guide to stargazing
2015 Nov 18
Robin Scagell

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The secret life of space
2015 Sep 29
Heather Couper & Nigel Henbest

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Camille Flammarion’s The Planet Mars
2015 Sep 29
Patrick Moore (tr.) & William Sheehan (ed.)

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The cosmic microwave background
2015 Sep 29
Rhodri Evans

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Return to the far side of Planet Moore!
2015 Jul 20
Martin Mobberley

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A photographic atlas of selected regions of the Milky Way
2015 Jul 20
Edward Emerson Barnard; edited by Gerald Orin Dobek

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Galactic encounters: Our majestic and evolving star-system, from the big bang to time’s end
2015 May 30
William Sheehan & Christopher J. Conselice

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Atlas of Meteorites
2015 May 30
Monica Grady, Giovanni Pratesi & Vanni Moggi Cecchi

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Interstellarum Deep Sky Atlas (Desk edition)
2015 May 30
Ronald Stoyan & Stephan Schurig

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Nearest Star: The surprising science of our Sun
2015 May 30
Leon Golub & Jay M. Pasachoff

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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