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Astronomical Calendar 2007 - This famous atlas-sized annual book is the most widely used and most attractive guide to what will happen in the sky throughout the year. Each page is the size of three or four of an ordinary book, allowing large spreads of mixed diagrams and text. The Astronomical Calendar has been published continuously since 1974, and is now used by about 20,000 (amateurs, telescope-owners, clubs, teachers, planetariums, libraries, enjoyers of the sky) in over 100 countries. Astronomical and Navigational Almanacs are prepared jointly by the Astronomical Applications Department, U.S. Naval Observatory, and Her Majesty's Nautical Almanac Office. These almanacs are published annually, with each edition containing the data for one year. In general, the content will be of interest only to those with specific training in astronomy or celestial navigation, although Astronomical Phenomena does contain information useful to calendar makers, such as the dates of phases of the Moon and religious holidays. Astrophysics Data System Abstract Service - This service provides access to three sets of abstracts dating back to 1975: 240,000 abstracts from astronomical articles, 410,000 abstracts from space instrumentation and engineering articles, and 220,000 abstracts from physics and geophysics articles. They include abstracts from all major journals, many minor journals, conference proceedings, NASA reports, and many PhD theses. Users can query by author, object name (astronomy set only), words in the title, and words in the abstract text. The resulting list is ranked by how closely the paper matches the query. From this list, one can obtain all of the information contained in the ADS Abstracts database (including the abstract text). Automated e-print archives - arXiv is an e-print service in the fields of physics, mathematics, non-linear science, computer science, and quantitative biology. The contents of arXiv conform to Cornell University academic standards. arXiv is owned, operated and funded by Cornell University, a private not-for-profit educational institution. arXiv is also partially funded by the National Science Foundation. Exercises In Practical Astronomy Using Photographs by M.T.Bruck - In these exercises, prints of first-class original photographs are reproduced. The photographs (except for those of the Sun) are negatives (black images on a clear background), as used by astronomers in their researches, on which objects can be identified and classified, their dimensions measured or their numbers counted. To use the photographs effectively requires only the most basic equipment. Though the methods of study are simple, they are in principle the same as those used by astronomers with their more elaborate resources. Motion Mountain - This site publishes a free physics textbook that tells the story of how it became possible, after 2500 years of exploration, to answer such questions. The book is written to be entertaining, surprising and challenging on every page. With little mathematics, the text explores the most fascinating parts of mechanics, thermodynamics, special and general relativity, electrodynamics, quantum theory and modern attempts at unification. The Mechanical Universe - The Mechanical Universe helps meet different students' needs, from the basic requirements of liberal arts students to the rigorous demands of science and engineering majors. This series is also valuable for teacher professional development.
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