Articles

Berman, Bob. “The Last Great Evening Star.” Discover Feb 1996: p37.
 Gives brief but useful explanations of Venus’s brilliance, cycles, and some of the significant views of Venus to be offered in the near future.

Burnham, Robert.  “What makes Venus go?” Astronomy jan 1993: p40
 Discussing the argument of the formation of the geology of Venus.

Cook, William J.  “The Secrets of Venus.” US News and World Report  May 13 1991: p60.
 A short account of the first images from the Magellan satellite.

Cowen, R.  “Record-Breaking Revelations From Venus.” Science News Sept 7 1991: p149.
 Describes the discovery of the solar system’s longest channel and evidence of Venus’ geological activity.
 
Eberhart, J; Monastersky, R. “What’s Changing the Face of Venus?” Science News May 4 1991: p280.
 A great article describing how images the Magellan space probe is giving scientists information refuting the theory of Plate Techtonics on Venus.

Hartley, Charles; Sinnott, Roger W.  “In search of Cosmic Rhythms.” Sky and Telescope Feb 95: p84.
 A good discription of the cycles of Venus and a brief introduction to the Maya and their understandin and use of these cycles.

Johnson, William W.  “Two New Exhibitions Explore the Dark Mysteries of the Maya.”  Smithsonian  May 1986: p38.
 Describes new theories on Mayan culture through it’s art, including a brief but useful section on mayan astronomy and ceremonies connected to their stargazing and calender keeping.

Kargal, Jeffery S.  “The Rivers of Venus.”  Sky and Telescope Aug 1997: p32-37
 Discusses how lava flowed literally like water on surface of Venus, forming vast counterparts to Earths water systems.

Krupp, E.C.  “War Stars.”  Sky and Telescope  July 1997: p80.
 Offers an excelent description of Mayan preocupation with the Venus and how much it appears in their culture.

Krupp, E.C.  “Fallling for the Evening Star.”  Sky and Telescope May 1996: p60.
 Describes Venus’ inclusion in ancient cultures, the cycle of Venus, and details some of the experts in these fields.

Moulton, Susan.  “Venus Envy: A Sexual Epistemology.”  ReVision Winter 1999: p42.
  This article offers a little information on the mythology of Venus, however being an article on gender polarization, the facts seem very biased.

Olson, Donald W.; White, Brian D.  “A Planetary Grouping in Maya Times.”  Sky and Telescope August 1997: p63.
 The Mayan’s witnessed and recorded a rare planetary grouping of five planets.  Article describes this record and detials arguements by antropologist on connection between Mayan politics and celestial events.

Ratcliffe, Martin. “The Sky Show.” Astronomy. 27.6 (1999) 62-71

Salloum, Habeeb.  “Mayan Ruins.”  Contemporary Review  May 1996: p248.
 A journalistic tour of Mayan ruins and Mayan civilization.  Offers some useful facts on Mayan architecture and civilization, however, the information on Mayan astronomy, and mathmatics is limited and questionable.

Shawcross, William.  “Venus and the Maya.”  Sky and Telescope Aug 1985.
 Demonstrates the research into the connection between Mayan archetecture and Venus.

Sheehan, William; Dobbins, Thomas.  “Charles Boyer and the Clouds of Venus.”  Sky and Telescope Jun 1999: p56-60.
 Discusses how Charles Boyer discovered the rotation period of Venus.

White II, James C. “Venusian Revolution.” Mercury Jan/Feb 1996: p7.
 Describes the discovery of the phases of Venus by Galileo and how to observe them as he did.

White II, James C. “Let Venus be my Guide.”  Mercury. 26.4   (1997)  12-16

Cd-Rom

Hunten, Donald M. "Venus (planet)," Microsoft (R) Encarta. Copyright (c) 1994 Microsoft Corporation. Copyright (c) 1994 Funk & Wagnall's Corporation.
 Describes the current knowledge and theories of Venus.

Rosenberg, Martin H. "Maya," Microsoft (R) Encarta. Copyright (c) 1994 Microsoft Corporation. Copyright (c) 1994 Funk & Wagnall's Corporation.
 Simplistc overview of Mayan civilization.

"Chichen Itza," Microsoft (R) Encarta. Copyright (c) 1994 Microsoft Corporation. Copyright (c) 1994 Funk & Wagnall's Corporation.
 A short discrition of a prominant Mayan city.

"Venus (mythology)," Microsoft (R) Encarta. Copyright (c) 1994 Microsoft Corporation. Copyright (c) 1994 Funk & Wagnall's Corporation.
 Very short discription of Roman goddess Venus.
 
 

Books

Cattermole, Peter. Venus, The Geological story. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1994.

Cooper, Henrey S.F. The Evening Star, Venus Observed.  New York: Farrar, Straus, and Giroux, 1993.

Downing, Christine.  The Goddess.  The Crossroad Publishing Co., New York.  1981

Friedrich, Paul.  The Meaning of Aphrodite.  University of Chicago Press, Chicago.  1978

Kaufmann III, William J.; Freedman, Roger.  Universe.  New York: W.H. Freeman and Company, 1998

Kerenyi, Karl.  Goddesses of the Sun and Moon.  Spring Publications, Dallas.  1979

McLeish, Kenneth.  Children of the Gods: Complete Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece.   Longman House, England.  1983
 
Morrison, David. Exploring Planetary Worlds. New York: Scientific American Library, 1993

Web Pages

Bulfinch’s Mythology.  http://www.webcom.com/ shownet/medea/bulfinch/bull8.htm