Free online library of Astro books

[AstroTiger]

Hi Guys,

Was doing some surfing and found this.

subject:"Science / Astronomy" - Google Books

A volume of the burnhams celestial handbook is even there!

Many of the titles are old, but nevertheless well worth a read i am sure!

Enjoy

[OptimusPrimeval]

Thanks for the link, will prove most informative.

[ApolloMatt]

Great link

Never tried Google books before, I'll be spending some time on their.

Matt

[Brunty12345]

il find this useful, thanks

[Tantalus]

Good find AstroTiger - bookmaked. Thanks...

[Captain Tripps]

Thanks for the link

Lee

[midnightblue]

I'd never need to spend another penny on a book

Thanx

[OptiGone]

Wow, thanks for sharing this

[Psychobilly]

A useful resource...

Most of the "modern" books will only be previews.. if you select "full view" then the books will be from the 1700-1800 period...

Peter...

[red dwalf]

this will keep us busy on these cloudy nights,

cheers

[Danz0o]

Thanks for the link AstroTiger, these will keep me occupied for a while

[gustavo_sanchez]

Thanks for the info, serves for some entertaining reading!

[msinclairinork]

Nice one! cheers

[sound]

Nice find

[michaelmorris]

Excellent

[BinocularSky]

Thanks -- great resource.

Firstly, there are some absolute gems in there. I shall be trawling through Max Caspar's Kepler shortly, and will need to brush up my French to tackle Laplace in the original this coming winter. Then there are others that I spent tens of pounds on for the paper version (eg Karttunen's superb Fundamental Astronomy) (worth every penny, but now all that is available for free!)

I don't wish to appear to diss what is obviously a valuable resource but, as with all of the internet, one needs to be wary of what passes itself off as "fact". Two books on the first page leapt out as being well-known examples of pseudo-astronomy (aka astrocrud):

• Velikovsky: Worlds in Collision
  
• Santillana: Hamlet's Mill
  

There are a few more of this sort of thing (but I'll leave that as an exercise for the interested reader ).

[grumpy]

much needed, cheers

[Regan]

Thanks for posting this will really help me:hello2:

[sublime_mick]

grazie

[keth]

Well done good link

[Telrad]

Excellent link. Thanks!

[Mercury]

Thanks for the link. Found two books to keep me busy over Xmas while the family watch telly.

David

[onesmallstep]

Thanks, just added it to my Favourites list.

[Blind Pugh]

Thanks Tiger. Really good link.

[The Spook]

Thanks for the link, some thing to keep me occupied on a cloudy night