Reference Texts

General Astronomy   Modern Astrophysics, Carroll & Ostlie
Astronomy Methods, Bradt
Astrophysics in a Nutshell, Maoz
The Physical Universe Universe, Shu
Astrophysics I (Stars) and II (ISM and Galaxies), Bowers & Deeming
Astrophysical Quantities, Allen
Celestial MechanicsTextbook on Spherical Astronomy, Smart
Solar SystemSolar System Dynamics, Murray & Dermott
Fundamentals of Celestial Mechanics, Danby
Planetary Sciences, de Pater & Lissauer
Stellar Structure Principles of Stellar Evolution and Nucleosynthesis, Clayton
Black Holes, White Dwarfs, and Neutron Stars, Shapiro & Teukolsky
Radiative Transfer Radiative Processes in Astrophysics, Rybicki & Lightman
The Physics of Atmospheres, Houghton
Theory of Planetary Atmospheres, Chamberlain & Hunten
Extragalactic Galactic Astronomy, Binney & Merrifield
Galactic Dynamics, Binney & Tremaine
Principles of Physical Cosmology, Peebles
Classical MechanicsClassical Dynamics of Particles & Systems, Marion
Classical Mechanics, Goldstein, Poole, & Safko
Mechanics, Landau & Lifshitz
Optics Optics, Hecht
Fundamentals of Optics, Jenkins & White
Principles of Optics, Born & Wolf
Observations Astrophysical Techniques, Kitchen
Data Data Reduction and Error Analysis for the Physical Sciences, Bevington
Numerical Recipes: The Art of Scientific Computing, Press et al.
Probability Probability, Pitman