Astronomical Society of the Pacific - Library Project
*** Selling of books has ended***
Thanks to everyone who supported ASP and gave these books new homes!
The Astronomical Society of the Pacific (ASP) is downsizing its local offices and finding new homes for its incredible library of hundreds of space, astronomy, and science books from textbooks to popular science, history to biographies, and star atlases to space exploration. Vintage and new publications and everything in between. Most are review copies that have never been opened!
You can browse the full collection by bookcase (A through S) or special interest topics (e.g. women in science, eclipses, etc.) via the links below. N.B. books in the special interest posts can also be found on the bookcases, they have just been pulled to be highlighted by subject. Please use the Contact form for anything that strikes your fancy or anything you’d like to know more about. We will respond with the cost of the book(s) plus shipping (media rate) and instructions on how to purchase.
Bookcase F: Relativity, Quantum Mechanics, Particles, & Math
Bookcase F includes: quantum mechanics, relativity, time, general pop-sci astronomy books, and multicultural astronomy books.
Bookcase G: Textbooks & Education
Bookcase G includes: educational texts for science, science teachers, intro astronomy, intro physics, and cosmology.
Bookcase H: Pop-Sci & General Astronomy
Bookcase H includes: uncorrected proofs and popular mainstream science books/authors.
Bookcase J: Earth & the Moon
Bookcase J includes: Earth, Earth Science, the Moon, history of humans and the cosmos, philosophy of science/astronomy, and life outside our solar system.
Bookcase K: Extraterrestrial Life & Telescopes + Observatories
Bookcase K includes: SETI, extraterrestrial life, history of telescopes and observatories, and modern observatories.
Bookcase L: Biographies & History of Astronomy
Bookcase L includes: biographies, women in science, and history of astronomy.
Bookcase M: Space Exploration
Bookcase M includes: anything to do with human and robotic space exploration, some aviation topics as well.
Bookcase N: Solar System & Planetary Science
Bookcase N includes: solar ephemerides, solar eclipse, planetary and solar system studies, and planetary ephemerides.
Bookcase P: Stargazing & Amateur Astronomy
Bookcase P includes: general stargazing, the night sky, amateur astronomers, deep sky objects, and operating and/or building your own telescope.
Bookcase R: Positional Astronomy & Data
Bookcase R includes: computers/calculations in astronomy, observational astronomy, astrophotography, optics, orbital mechanics, and celestial mechanics.
Bookcase S: Astrophysics
Bookcase S includes: graduate level texts on stars, stellar atmospheres, particle physics, and astrophysics.
