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"This book is revised and extended to include using a low-cost "go-to" telescope, there are various pitfalls to be avoided, and how this class of instrument can make amateur astronomy more accessible to those with limited time at their disposal. It also discusses the new breed of mid-range digital cameras that include powerful on-board processing and image enhancement software that used to be available only to people with advanced astronomical CCD cameras. Finally, there are detailed reviews and test reports on some of the budget telescopes that are available on main street and by mail order."

"Since the previous fourth edition has received quite a positive response from students as well as teachers, we have decided to extend the contents and improve some chapters for pedagogical reasons. In particular, we have rewritten Chap. 33, which is now entitled, “Classical Geometric Phases: Foucault and Euler.” However, most importantly, we have added a new chapter, Chap. 38: “The Usefulness of Lie Brackets: From Classical and Quantum Mechanics to Quantum Electrodynamics.” We emphasize the usefulness of the Lie brackets in classical and quantum mechanics up to quantum electrodynamics. Especially many dynamical systems with (gauge) constraints can equally be treated in the time development with noncanonical variables and Hamiltonians. This is convincingly demonstrated for the electron propagation function in a constant magnetic field in three and four dimensions. We also have attempted to remove the inevitable typos from the text and formulas."

"This book contains the first detailed study of the use of ancient and medieval astronomical observations in order to investigate the moon’s secular acceleration from its discovery by Halley to the establishment of the magnitude of the acceleration by Richard Dunthorne, Tobias Mayer and Jérôme Lalande in the 1740s and 1750s. Making extensive use of previously unstudied manuscripts, this work shows how different astronomers used the same small body of preserved ancient observations in different ways in their work on the secular acceleration. In addition, this work looks at the wider context of the study of the moon’s secular acceleration, including its use in debates of biblical chronology, whether the heavens were made up of æther, and the use of astronomy in determining geographical longitude. It also discusses wider issues of the perceptions and knowledge of ancient and medieval astronomy in the early-modern period."

"This volume contains a selection of chapters based on papers to be presented at the Fifth Statistical Challenges in Modern Astronomy Symposium. The symposium will be held June 13-15th at Penn State University. Modern astronomical research faces a vast range of statistical issues which have spawned a revival in methodological activity among astronomers. The Statistical Challenges in Modern Astronomy V conference will bring astronomers and statisticians together to discuss methodological issues of common interest. Time series analysis, image analysis, Bayesian methods, Poisson processes, nonlinear regression, maximum likelihood, multivariate classification, and wavelet and multiscale analyses are all important themes to be covered in detail. Many problems will be introduced at the conference in the context of large-scale astronomical projects including LIGO, AXAF, XTE, Hipparcos, and digitized sky surveys.;"

"Symposium 7 of the JENAM 2010 aimed at bringing these diverse opportunities to the attention of both theoretical and observational astronomers working at all wavelengths, including the potential for synergies with other facilities. The meeting highlighted the scientific potential of the SKA, discussed scientific priorities and their impact on the design of the SKA, explored the synergies between the SKA and other next-generation astronomical facilities in different wavelength domains such as the ALMA, ELTs, LSST, JWST, GRE, IXO, Gaia and Euclid, and high-energy facilities (Auger), explored the ?cyber?infrastructure? that may become available for the distribution and distributed analysis of SKA data. "