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GlennLeDrew
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Re: "The Milky Way " by Bok and Bok ... any opin
06/27/08 07:51 PM
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Bok's book was one of the first reads which sent me on my way in Milky Way exploration. While a bit dated, I recommend it!
Another quite enjoyable book aimed at the typical amateur astronomer is Guide to the Galaxy, by Nigel Henbest and Heather Couper. It was read #2, after Bok's.
If you want to go (really) deeper, Galactic Astronomy, by Mihailas and Binney, and Galactic Dynamics by Binney and Tremaine will give you the tools to sound like an astrophysicist. Both titles as from the Princeton series in astrophysics, and were written to complement each other.
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