astronomy

Book Reviews

• J. Kelly Beatty, et al.: The New Solar System*
  - a comprehensive overview aimed at educated non-specialists
• Richard Corfield: Lives of the Planets
  A Natural History of the Solar System
• Steven J. Dick: Life on Other Worlds
  The 20th-Century Extraterrestrial Life Debate
• Helge Kragh: Higher Speculations
  Grand Theories and Failed Revolutions in Physics and Cosmology
• Stephen F. Mason: Chemical Evolution*
  Origin of the Elements, Molecules, and Living Systems
• Brian McConnell: Beyond Contact
  A Guide to SETI and Communicating With Alien Worlds
• Jayant V. Narlikar: The Lighter Side of Gravity
  - a popular introduction to the physics behind astronomy
• Natalie Starkey: Fire and Ice
  The Volcanoes of the Solar System

See also: geology | physics