Astrophysics and Astronomy Commons^™

Book Review: Exploring Mars: Chronicles From A Decade Of Discovery, T. D. Oswalt

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This document is Dr. Oswalt’s review of Exploring Mars : Chronicles from a Decade of Discovery by Scott Hubbard. Arizona, 2011 194p, 9780816521111 $45.00, 9780816528967 $17.95.

Book Review: Stars Above, Earth Below: A Guide To Astronomy In The National Parks, T. D. Oswalt

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This document is Dr. Oswalt’s review of Stars Above, Earth Below : a Guide to Astronomy in the National Parks by Tyler Nordgren. Springer/Praxis, 2010 444p, 9781441916488 $29.95.

Book Review: Finding The Big Bang, T. D. Oswalt

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This document is Dr. Oswalt’s review of Finding the Big Bang edited by P. James E. Peebles, Lyman A. Page Jr., and R. Bruce Partridge Cambridge, 2009 571p, 9780521519823 $80.00

Book Review: Clocks In The Sky: The Story Of Pulsars, T. D. Oswalt

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This document is Dr. Oswalt’s review of Clocks in the Sky: The Story of Pulsars by Geoff McNamara, Springer/Praxis, 2008 190p, 9780387765600 $29.95.

Book Review: Electronic Imaging In Astronomy: Detectors And Instrumentation 2nd Ed., T. D. Oswalt

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This document is Dr. Oswalt’s review of Electronic imaging in astronomy : detectors and instrumentation 2nd ed. by Ian S. McLean, Springer/Praxis, 2008 552p, 9783540765820 $99.00

Book Review: Escaping The Bonds Of Earth: The Fifties And The Sixties, T. D. Oswalt

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This document is Dr. Oswalt’s review of by Ben Evans. Springer/Praxis, 2009 493p, 9780387790930 $39.95

Book Review: Humans In Outer Space-Interdisciplinary Odysseys, Studies In Space Policy, 1, T. D. Oswalt

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This document is Dr. Oswalt’s review of Humans in Outer Space-Interdisciplinary Odysseys, Studies in Space Policy, 1. [ed.] by Luca Codignola and Kai-Uwe Schrogl with Agnieszka Lukaszczyk and Nicolas Peter SpringerWeinNewYork, 2009

Book Review: Guide To Observing Deep-Sky Objects: A Complete Global Resource For Astronomers, T. D. Oswalt

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This document is Dr. Oswalt’s review of Guide to Observing Deep-Sky Objects : a Complete Global Resource for Astronomers by Jeff A. Farinacci. Springer, 2007 189p, 9780387728506 $29.95

Deep Advanced Camera For Surveys Imaging In The Globular Cluster Ngc 6397: The Cluster Color-Magnitude Diagram And Luminosity Function, Harvey B. Richer, Aaron Dotter, Jarrod Hurley, Jay Anderson

Dartmouth Scholarship

We present the color-magnitude diagram (CMD) from deep Hubble Space Telescope imaging in the globular cluster NGC 6397. The Advanced Camera for Surveys (ACS) was used for 126 orbits to image a single field in two colors (F814W, F606W) 5' SE of the cluster center. The field observed overlaps that of archival WFPC2 data from 1994 and 1997 which were used to proper motion (PM) clean the data. Applying the PM corrections produces a remarkably clean CMD which reveals a number of features never seen before in a globular cluster CMD. In our field, the main-sequence stars appeared to terminate …

Book Review: The Road To Galaxy Formation 2nd Ed, T. D. Oswalt

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This document is Dr. Oswalt’s review of The road to galaxy formation 2nd ed by William C. Keel. Springer/Praxis, 2007 262p, 9783540725343 $99.00.

Book Review: The Telescope: Its History, Technology, And Future, T. D. Oswalt

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This document is Dr. Oswalt’s review of The Telescope : Its History, Technology, and Future by Geoff Andersen. Princeton, 2007 248p, 0691129797 $29.95, 9780691129792 $29.95.

Book Review: Your Cosmic Context: An Introduction To Modern Cosmology, T. D. Oswalt

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This document is Dr. Oswalt’s review of Your Cosmic Context : an Introduction to Modern Cosmology by Todd Duncan and Craig Tyler Pearson Addison-Wesley, 2008 466p, 0132400103 $80.00, 9780132400107 $80.00.

Book Review: Moore On Mercury: The Planet And The Missions, T. D. Oswalt

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This document is Dr. Oswalt’s review of Moore on Mercury : the Planet and the Missions by Patrick Moore. Springer, 2006 139p, 1846282578 $29.95, 9781846282577 $29.95

Book Review: Evolution Of Stars And Stellar Populations, T. D. Oswalt

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This document is Dr. Oswalt’s review of Evolution of Stars and Stellar Populations by Maurizio Salaris and Santi Cassisi Wiley, 2005 374p, 047009219X $150.00, 047009219X $60.00

Book Review: The Amateur Astronomer's Introduction To The Celestial Sphere, T. D. Oswalt

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This document is Dr. Oswalt’s review of The Amateur Astronomer's Introduction to the Celestial Sphere by William Millar. Cambridge, 2006 299p, 052167123X $40.00, 9780521671231 $40.00.

Book Review: Stargazer: The Life And Times Of The Telescope, T. D. Oswalt

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This document is Dr. Oswalt’s review of Stargazer : the Life and Times of the Telescope by Fred Watson. Da Capo, 2004 342p, 0306814323 $24.95

Book Review: The Scientific Legacy Of Fred Hoyle, T. D. Oswalt

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This document is Dr. Oswalt’s review of The Scientific Legacy of Fred Hoyle ed. by Douglas Gough Cambridge, 2004 249p, 0521824486 $75.00.

Book Review: Observing Variable Stars, Novae, And Supernovae, T. D. Oswalt

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This document is Dr. Oswalt’s review of Observing Variable Stars, Novae, and Supernovae by Gerald North with Nick James Cambridge, 2004 230p, 0521820472 $45.00.

Book Review: The New Amateur Astronomer, T. D. Oswalt

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This document is Dr. Oswalt’s review of The New Amateur Astronomer by Martin Mobberley. Springer, 2004 229p, 1852336633 $34.95

Book Review: Sky Vistas: Astronomy For Binoculars And Richestfield Telescopes, T. D. Oswalt

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This document is Dr. Oswalt’s review of Sky Vistas : Astronomy for Binoculars and Richestfield Telescopes by Craig Crossen and Gerald Rhemann Springer, 2004 279p, 3211008519 $69.95

Book Review: The Edge Of Infinity: Supermassive Black Holes In The Universe, T. D. Oswalt

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This document is Dr. Oswalt’s review of The Edge of Infinity : Supermassive Black Holes in the Universe by Fulvio Melia. Cambridge, 2003 148p, 0-521-81405-7 $30.00.

Book Review: The Big Bang: A View From The 21st Century, T. D. Oswalt

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This document is Dr. Oswalt’s review of The Big Bang : a View from the 21st Century by David M. Harland. Springer/Praxis, 2003 262p, 1-85233-713-3 $39.95.

Book Review: Observer's Guide To Stellar Evolution: The Birth, Life, And Death Of Stars, T. D. Oswalt

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This document is Dr. Oswalt’s review of Observer's Guide to Stellar Evolution : the Birth, Life, and Death of Stars by Mike Inglis. Springer, 2003 236p, 1-85233-465-7 $44.95

What The Universe Means To People Like Me, David D. Allred

Faculty Publications

When I picked up David's paper to read it, I had a pencil in my hand. Years of reading my students' and my own papers made it natural to edit as I read. However, I heard in my mind the voice of my mother advising me to put the pencil down. This wasn't time to edit but to hear and understand. Still, I kept the pencil in my hand for the first few pages and made a few notes before I put it down and just read. I could hear David's voice speaking the words I read. It was good …

Book Review: Strange Matters: Undiscovered Ideas At The Frontiers Of Space And Time, T. D. Oswalt

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This document is Dr. Oswalt’s review of Strange Matters: Undiscovered Ideas at the Frontiers of Space and Time by Tom Siegfried. John Henry, 2002 307p, 0-309-08407-5 $24.95.

Book Review: Neptune: The Planet, Rings And Satellites, T. D. Oswalt

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This document is Dr. Oswalt’s review of Neptune : the Planet, Rings and Satellites by Ellis D. Miner and Randii R. Wessen Springer/Praxis, 2002 297p, 1-85233-216-6 $44.95

Book Review: Flash!: The Hunt For The Biggest Explosions In The Universe, T. D. Oswalt

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This document is Dr. Oswalt’s review of Flash! : the hunt for the biggest explosions in the universe by Govert Schilling. tr. by Naomi Greenberg-Slovin Cambridge, 2002 291p, 0-521-80053-6 $28.00

Book Review: The Observing Guide To The Messier Marathon: A Handbook And Atlas, T. D. Oswalt

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This document is Dr. Oswalt’s review of The Observing Guide to the Messier Marathon : a Handbook and Atlas by Don Machholz. Cambridge, 2002 157p, 0-521-80386-1 $25.00.

The University Of Nebraska At Omaha Center For Space Data Use In Teaching And Learning, Neal Grandgenett, Uno Aviation Institute

Faculty Books and Monographs

UNOAI Report 2000-4

Within the context of innovative coursework and other educational activities, we are proposing the establishment of a University of Nebraska at Omaha Center for the Use of Space Data in Teaching and Learning. This Center will provide an exciting and motivating process for educators at all levels to become involved in professional development and training which engages real life applications of mathematics, science, and technology. The Center will facilitate innovative courses (including online and distance education formats), systematic degree programs, classroom research initiatives, new instructional methods and tools, engaging curriculum materials, and various symposiums. It will involve …

Book Review: The Birth Of Time: How Astronomers Measured The Age Of The Universe, T. D. Oswalt

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This document is Dr. Oswalt’s review of The Birth of Time : How Astronomers Measured the Age of the Universe by John Gribbin. Yale, 2000 237p, 0-300-08346-7 $22.50.