REQUIRED TEXTS:
Those indicated will be available at a discount
from Orca
Books in downtown Olympia. Journals will be made available
in class.
* Universe, Edition 6, by William
Kaufmann III and Roger Freedman (not Ed.5, since we just
learned 29 Jan 2003 that 5th edition is out of print. If
you already bought Ed.5, you can use it, though the problems are
likely to be different and you'll have to compare with classmates'
text each week to be safe) (get from College bookstore)
* Out of the Classroom, by Dennis
W. Dawson (2002, Brooks/Cole ISBN 0-534-38015-8 pbk) (get
from College bookstore)
* National Audubon Society Field Guide to
the Night Sky (2000, Alfred A. Knopf, NY, ISBN 0-679-40852-5
pbk). This excellent reference text helps you find and understand
objects in the sky, and includes classic stories about them. (get
from Orca)
* Starry Night workbook - get from college
bookstore
REQUIRED SEMINAR TEXTS:
* The Red Limit, by Timothy Ferris,
William Morrow & Co; ; 2nd edition (July 23, 2002) ISBN: 068801836X
(get from Orca)
* The Elegant Universe, by Brian Greene,
Vintage Books; ; (February 29, 2000) ISBN: 0375708111 (get
from Orca)
* Bubbles,
Voids, and Bumps in Time, ed. James Cornell, Press Syndicate
of the University of Cambridge (1993), ISBN 0521-42673-1 (pbk)
(get from College bookstore)
OPTIONAL TEXTS because they are out of
print or difficult to obtain
Foundations of Modern Cosmology, by John F. Hawley
and Katherine A. Holcomb
Echoes of the Ancient Skies, by E.C. Krupp (1983,
Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-10-508801-8, pbk)
Conversing with the planets: How science and myth
invented the Cosmos, by Anthony Aveni
Stars of the First People, by Dorcas S. Miller (1997,
Pruett Publishing, Boulder, ISBN 0-87108-858-4 pbk)
Exploring the night sky with binoculars,
by Patrick Moore (2000, Cambridge Univ. Press, ISBN 0521 79390-4
pbk)(a few copies are available at Orca)
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