LIBRARY

The Society currently has 344 books. Members may borrow any of these from the library at monthly meetings.

A new book entitled “The Virtue of Heresy” by one of our own members, Hilton Ratcliffe, is currently enjoying international acclaim. It has been enjoyed by, among others, Patrick Moore the renowned British astronomer.

Review by Prof O. K. Manuel:
Emeritus Professor
Nuclear Chemistry, University of Missouri

Hilton is a great storyteller. Curious minds of all ages will thrill to his telling of a journey through the real universe. This is science unplugged, without the magical thinking and mathematical models that have mystified our heavens and isolated us from our own exciting universe. Hilton Ratcliffe's new book,"THE VIRTUE OF HERESY: Confessions of a Dissident Astronomer", will be a delight to those who are seriously interested in the mysteries of our universe -- from the far reaches of space to the inner workings of sub-atomic particles.

TITLE	Author

Stars & Telescopes	Todd DP
Celestial Objects for Common Telescopes	Webb TW
Test Method. Cassgn Mirrors
The Starlit Sky '72	Moore P
Frontiers of Astronomy	Hoyle F
Lens Work for Amateurs	Orford H
Optical Astronomy	Ronan CA
Constructing an Astronomical Telescope	Matthewson C
Astronomical Photographical Study of the Brighter Planets	Slipher EC
Stars of the Southern Heavens	Nangle J
Scientific American Reader
Astronomy	Nicolson I
The Key to Astronomy	Gibson WB
Encyclopedia of Astronomy	Satterthwaite GE
We Came in Peace
Worlds in Collision	Velikovsky I
Eclipses of the Sun & Moon	Dyson F, Woolley RvdR
The Elements of Astronomy for Surveyors	Mackie JB
Outer Space Photography for the Amateur	Paul HE
Tools of the Astronomer	Miczaika GR, Sinton WM
Chats on Astronomy	Hollis HP
Beginers Guide to Astronomical Telescope Making	Muirden J
The Amateur Astronomer & Telescope	Roth GD
Wanderers in the Sky	Page T, Page LW
A Key to Worlds Beyond	Smith AP
Planets	Sagan C, Leonard JN
Prism & Lens Making	Twyman F
Lens Work for Amateurs	Orford H
First on the Moon	Farmer G, Hamblin DJ
The Microscope Made Easy	Wells AL
Observing Earth Sattelites	King-Hele D
Guide To The Moon	Moore P
The Astronomers	Ronan CA
Survey of the Moon	Moore P
Frank's Book of the Telescope	Frank C
The Starlit Sky - ''72	Moore P
The Southern Universe	Bickel L
Explanatory Supplement to the Astronomical Ephemeris
Astronomy Quiz Book	Moore P
Eyes on the Universe	Asimov I
Into Orbit	Glenn J, etc
Stars of the Southern Skies	Orr MA
Earth, Moon and Planets	Whipple FL
Brown's Star Atlas	Brown
The Iron Sun	Berry A
Astronomy in Colour	Brown PL
Invisible Astronomy	Ronan CA
Teach Yourself Astronomy	Evans DS
An Easy Guide to Southern Stars	M.A.Orr
An Easy Guide to the Constellations	Ingliss JG
Making and Using a Telescope	Wilkins HP, Moore P
Astronomy for Everyman	Davidson M
Book of Astronomy	King HC
The Northern Hemisphere Constellations	Peck W
The Southern Hemisphere Constellations	Peck W
The Sky At Night 5	Moore P
MNASSA Jul 69 - Aug 72 25 Copies
ASSA Handbooks 1969 - 1977
MNASSA Jul 75 - Aug 78
B.A. Journals
CSIR Publ.
The Observatory Aug 74 - Apr 77
MNASSA Sept 72 - April 75
B.A. Journals & Handbooks '74 - '76
MNASSA 1965-1967
N A S A Fact
Photo Album Izinkanyezi	Ray Field
The Starlit Sky - '72	Moore P
How to make a Telescope	Texereau J
Scientific American	Jan-Sept
Mission Earth - Landsat views the world	Short NM, Lowman PD, Freden SC, Finch WA
Scientific Journal - Man on the Moon May '69
Apollo/Soyuz Test Project Press Kit
Catalogue of 7385 Stars chiefly of the Southern Hemisphere
Planetarium
Report from Mars : Mariner IV
Amateur Telescope Making Book 3	Ingalls AG
Scanning the Skies
Astronomers at the Royal Observarory Cape of Good Hope	Warner B
The Whisper & the Vision	Fernie D
The Universe & Man	Bergsoe P
Guide to the Planets	Moore P
Secrets of the Sky	Ruggieri G
The Milky Way	Bok BJ, Bok PF
Astronomy	Smart WM
Pictorial Guide to the Moon	Alter D
The Starlit Sky ''72	Moore P
The Solar System	Kopal Z
From The ARATUS Globe to the Zeiss Planetarium	Werner H
Comets in old Cape Records	McIntyre D
Radio Telescopes and Radio Astronomy Technique	Hyde FW
The Observation of Variable Stars	Bateson FW
Practical Amateur Astronomy	Moore P
Photo Album Izinkanyezi	Ray Field
Hamlyn Guide to Astronomy	Baker D
The Space Shuttle at Work	Allaway H
Atlas Australis 1950.0	Becvar A
Atlas Eclipticalis 1950.0	Becvar A
Photo Album - Natal Centre Meetings
Amateur Radio Astronomer's Notebook	Licthman J, Sickels RM
Popular Astronomy	Flammarion C
20th Century Discovery: The Planets	Asimov I
Skyshooting Photography for Amateur Astronomers	Mayall RN, Mayall MW
The Radio Universe	Worvill R
Yearbook of Astronomy 1982	Moore P
The Next 50 yrs in Space	Moore P
The Mysterious Universe	Henbest N
The Atlas of the Universe	Moore P
Nortons Star Atlas (E. 1950)	Norton AP, Ingliss JG
Amateur Telescope Making Book 2	Ingalls AG
Amateur Telescope Making Book 3	Ingalls AG
Optical Glass Working	Twyman F
Making Your Own Telescope	Thompson AJ
Proceedings of the 4th National Amateur Astronomy Convention
The Stargazers Bible	Kals WS
Amateur's Variable Star Directory
Contemporary Astronomy	Pasachoff J
Telescopes	Page T, Page LW
The Comet	Hill D
Album - P Moore Durban 1985
Mindsteps to the Cosmos	Hawkins GS
Halley's Comet	Reddy F
Space Shuttle Story	Wilson A
Space	Michener JA
The Astronomy Quiz Book	Moore P
Astronomical Site Survey in SA	Hers J
The Amateur Astronomer and his Telescope	Roth GD
The Retina Way	Croy OR
Outer Space Photography for the Amateur	Paul HE
Amateur Telescope Making Book 2	Ingalls AG
Amateur Telescope Making Book 3	Ingalls AG
Deep Space	Ronan CA
Guide to Mars	Moore P
Starlight Nights	Peltier LC
Optical Astronomy	Ronan CA
How to make a 6" Mirror	Ottens H
Zeiss 1970	Oberth H
Zeiss 1971	Oberth H
Zeiss 1972	Oberth H
Making Your Own Telescope	Thompson AJ
How to Make a Telescope	Texereau J
Short Peroiod Variability in Be Stars	Vuuren GW
Can You Speak Venusian	Moore P
Lets Look At The Sky: The Stars	Moore P
New Handbook of the Heavens	Bernhard HJ, Bennett DA, Rice HS
The Cosmic Connection	Sagan C
Constructing an Astronomical Telescope	Mathewson G
Telescopes	Page T, Page LW
A Guide to Astronomy	Mallen L
Halley's Comet in S A	Quarmby R
Project Apollo	Alexander T
Of Men and Galaxies	Hoyle F
The Nature of the Universe	Hoyle F
The Astronomy of Southern Africa	Collins P,Moore P
Philips Chart of the Stars	Tancock EO
Lucretius on the Nature of the Universe	Latham RE
Introducing Astronomy	Sidgwick JB
Practical Astronomy With Your Calculator	Duffett-Smith P
Year Book of Astronomy 1981	Moore P
Astronomy For Amateurs	Muirden J
Moon, Mars & Venus (a guide)	Rukl A
Pleasures of the Telescope	Serviss GP
Year Book of Astronomy 1979	Moore P
Year Book of Astronomy 1978	Moore P
Year Book of Astronomy 1980	Moore P
Year Book of Astronomy 1982	Moore P
The Solar System
Year Book of Astronomy 1965	Moore P
Year Book of Astronomy 1967	Moore P
Introducing Astronomy	Sidgwick JB
Astronomy for Everyman	Davidson M
Astronomy for Night Watchers	Sidgwick JB
Frontiers of Astronomy	Hoyle F
Asimov on Astronomy	Asimov I
The Background of Astronomy	King HC
The Story of Astronomy	Draper Al, Lockwood M
Watchers of the Skies	Ley W
1001 Questions Answered About Astronomy	Pickering JS
Celestial Onjects, Vol 1	Webb TW
Red Giants and White Dwarfs	Jastrow R
The Stars In Their Courses	Jeans J
Starlight V5	Page T, Page LW
Stars, Planets and Life	Jastrow R
Guide to the Stars	Moore P
Weather on the Planets	Ohring G
Pictorial Guide to the Moon	Alter D
Handbook for Planet Observers	Roth GD
Strange World of the Moon	Firsoff VA
Neighbours of the Earth	Page T, Page LW
Guide to Mars	Moore P
Survey of the Moon	Moore P
Mars and the Mind of Man	Bradbury R, Clarke AC, Sagan C, Murray B, Sullivan W
Astronomical Spectroscopy	Thackeray AD
Astronomy for Surveyors	Chapman RW
Sputnik Into Space	Vassiliev M
The Exploration of Space by Radio	Brown RH, Lovell ACB
Astronomical Photography	Vaucouleurs G
Astronomy & Astrophysics for the 1980's Vol 1
First Light	Preston R
Life Cloud	Hoyle F, Wickramasinghe NC
The Modern Universe	Lyttleton RA
Changing Views of the Universe	Ronan CA
How to Make a Telescope	Texereau J
Telescopes V4	Page T, Page LW
Astro Photography - From Film To Infinity	Newton J
Amateur Astronomers Handbook	Sidgwick JB
Astro Filters For Observations & Astro Photography	Barbera RF, Carvalho GB
Amateur Telescope Making Book 1	Ingalls AG
Amateur Telescope Making Book 2	Ingalls AG
Amateur Telescope Making Book 3	Ingalls AG
Dictionary of Astronomy Eng/Afr	de Klerk JH
Tech. Report Surveyor 1 Misson Part 3	R J Parks
Surveyor III Misson Report Part II
Mission to the Planets	Moore P
Stars and Planets of the S. Hemisphere	Warner L
The Astronomy of Southern Africa	Moore P, Collins P
The Guide to Amateur Astronomy	Newton J, Teece P
The Moon	Moore P
Complete Manual of Amateur Astronomy	Sherrod PC
The Exploding Universe	Henbest N
Second Symposium of ASSA	Wargau WF, Cunow B
Black Holes and Baby Universes	Hawking S
The Giant Planet Jupiter	Rogers JH
A Beginners Guide to the Southern Stars	Bondietti JS
Norton's Star Atlas	Norton AP
Stars of the Southern Skies	Moore P
New Handbook of the Heavens	Bernhard HJ, Bennett DA, Rice HS
The Universe	Bergamini D
Pictorial Guide to the Moon	Alter D
Observers Handbook - Meteors	Bone N
Supernovae	Murdin P, Murden L
Guide Lines for minimising urban glow near astronomical Observatories	Cayrel R, Smith FG, Fisher AJ, Boer JB
Big Bang - The story of the Universe	Couper H, Henbest N
Astronomical Photography	Vaucouleurs G
Introduction to Astronomy	Payne-Gaposchkin C
A Journey into Space
A Star called the Sun	Gamow G
Astronomy Today	Moreux A
Standard Handbook For Telescope Making	Howard NE
The Astronomy Quiz Book	Moore P
The Astronomy Quiz Book	Moore P
The Dobsonian Telescope	Kriege D, Berry R
Larousse Encyclopedia of Astronomy	Rudaux L, Vaucouleurs G
An Observers Guide to the Universe Beyond the Solar System - Vol 1	Burnham R
An Observers Guide to the Universe Beyond the Solar System - Vol 2	Burnham R
An Observers Guide to the Universe Beyond the Solar System - Vol 3	Burnham R
The Southern Sky Guide	Ellyard D, Tirion W
Longitude	Sobel D
Einstein's Unfinished Symphony	Bartusiak M
Understanding Eclipses	Turk C
Constellation Guidebook	Rukl A
Understanding Eclipses	Turk C
Video Astronomy	Massey S, Dobbins AD, Douglas EJ
Escape from the Earth to the Stars
A walk through the Southern Skies	Heiftz MD, Tirion W
Planisphere
Astronomy - 95 and counting (Moons of the Solar System)
Video - Astronomy - Deep Space 1, Dark Matter, UFO's
Observers Handbook 2002
A Brief History of Time	Hawkins S
Halley's Comet	Quarmby R
National Geographic Feb 2003
Starwatching	Fairall A
A Short History of Nearly Everything	Bryson B
The Universe Revealed	Spence P
The Southern Sky	Reidy D, Wallace K
Year Book of Astronomy 2004	Moore P
Observer's Handbook 2004
Year Book of Astronomy 1987	Moore P
Year Book of Astronomy 2003	Moore P
Astronomy for Amateurs	Muirden J
Handbook for Telescope Making	Howard N E
Amateur Telescope Making - Book 2	Ingalls AG
The invasion of the Moon 1969	Ryan P
Archives of the Universe	Bartusiak M
Star Maps of Southern Africa	Jansen A
Sky Catalogue 2000.0 Vol 2	Hirchfield A, Sinnott RW
Sky Catalogue 2000.0 Vol 1	Hirchfield A, Sinnott RW
Sky Atlas 2000.0	Tirion W
Explanatory Supplement to the Astronomical Almanac	Seidelmann PK
Microcomputer control of Telescopes	Trueblood M, Genet R
Astronomical Formulae for Calculators	Meeus J
Fundamentals of Celestial Mechanics	Danby JMA
CCD Astronomy	Buil C
Astrophotography 2	Martinez P
Advanced Telescope Making Techniques Vol 2	Mackintosh A
Advanced Telescope Making Techniques Vol 1	Mackintosh A
Astrophotography 2nd Edition	Gordon B
How to Make a Telescope 2nd Edition	Texereau J
Telescope Optics	Rutten H, Xenrooij M
Astronomy & Cosmology - A modern Course	Hoyle F
Imagining Space	Launius RD, McCurdy HE
The Radiant Universe	Marten M, Chesterman J
Book of the Universe	Ridpath I
Measuring Eternity	Gorst M
Space telescope	Branley FM
The Macmillan Dictionary of Astronomy	Illingworth V
The New World of Mr Tompkins	Gamow G, Stannard R
The Prophet and the Astronomer	Gleiser M
Our Final Century	Rees M
Just Six Numbers	Rees M
The Neptune File	Standage T
The Virtue of Heresy	Ratcliffe H
An Observers Guide to the Universe Beyond the Solar System - Vol 1	Burnham R
An Observers Guide to the Universe Beyond the Solar System - Vol 2	Burnham R
An Observers Guide to the Universe Beyond the Solar System - Vol 3	Burnham R
The Unfolding Universe	Moore P
Sky Catalogue - Vol 2	Hirshfeld A, Sinnott RW
From Stonehenge to Modern Cosmology	Hoyle F
Surely you're joking, Mr Feynman	Feynman RP
Sun, Moon & Standing Stones	Wood JE
Quantum Reality	Herbert N
The Chemical History of a Candle	Faraday M
Dark Matter, Missing Planets & new Comets	Flandern T van
The Constants of Nature	Barrow JD
Astronomy for Amateurs	Muirden J
Halley's Comet	Tattersfield D
A Concise Dictionary of Astronomy	Mitton J
Philips Chart of the Stars	Tancock EO
Philips Chart of the Stars - Epoch 2000
Halley & his Comet	Lancaster-Brown P
Astro Photography for the Amateur	Covington M
The Elegant Universe	Greene B
Life Cloud	Hoyle F, Wickramasinghe NC
The Quantum Universe	Hey T, Walters P
The Data Book of Astronomy	Moore P
The Static Universe	Ratcliffe H
Star Gazer's Deep Space Atlas	Mitchell W