(meteorobs) New Book on Meteors

[Geert Barentsen]

Hi Pete,

Thanks for your efforts, I am very curious!

List: if anyone in the area of Antwerp (Urania) is interested in the book, 
we may be able to share shipping costs.

Cheers,
Geert



At 19:12 9-2-2006, you wrote:
>Hi Mikhail and everyone,
>Bob was very kind to endorse my book on meteorobs. I want to publicly
>thank him here.
>We are currently attempting to get the Contents pages up for view. They
>should be up soon along with a small excerpt.
>If you would like to ask me questions about the book it would be better
>to go off this discussion list (unless you want to tell everyone how
>great it is, I guess :-)) and email me at pbias at flsouthern.edu
>Thanks for the interest!
>
>Regards,
>   Pete Bias
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: meteorobs-bounces at meteorobs.org [mailto:meteorobs-
> > bounces at meteorobs.org] On Behalf Of Mikhail Maslov
> > Sent: Thursday, February 09, 2006 12:28 PM
> > To: Global Meteor Observing Forum
> > Subject: Re: (meteorobs) New Book on Meteors
> >
> > Hello,
> >
> > Thanks for the information, Bob. Is it possible to read the table of
> > contents?
> >
> > Best regards, Mikhail Maslov
> >
> >
> > RL> I just had the pleasure of reading Peter Bias's new book on
>Meteors
> > and
> > RL> Meteor Showers. If I recall correctly, it has more than ten years
> > since the
> > RL> last book was written on this subject (by Neil Bone). Peter's book
> > does an
> > RL> excellent job of bring us up to date in the world of meteorics.
>The
> > recent
> > RL> Leonid return is thoroughly discussed with all the theories and
> > results well
> > RL> documented. Updated material on stream evolution is also included
>and
> > well
> > RL> illustrated. Actually, when looking at the table of contents, all
> > aspects of
> > RL> meteorics are included. By jolly, there was even a couple of items
>in
> > the
> > RL> book that were new to me! So this effort is not only for the
>beginner,
> > but
> > RL> will also shed some light on the items we old timers thought we
>knew.
> >
> > RL> This is the book I wish I had written, but never had the time nor
>the
> > talent
> > RL> to present it in such an organized manner. Meteors and Meteor
>Showers
> > is
> > RL> available from Miracle Publishing ( http://www.miracle-
> > publishing.com/) for
> > RL> $29.95 + shipping and handling. It's well worth the price
>considering
> > the
> > RL> work Peter devoted to this work.
> >
> > RL> Clear Skies!
> >
> > RL> Bob Lunsford
> >
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