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Atmospheric Phenomena

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books.gif Boyer, Carl Benjamin. The Rainbow from Myth to Mathematics. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1987. History of the rainbow. $15.95.

books.gif Corliss, William R. Handbook of Unusual Natural Phenomena. Garden City, NY: Anchor Books, 1983. 423 p. $?.

Corliss, William R. Lightning, Auroras, Nocturnal Lights and Related Luminous Phenomena: A Catalog of Geophysical Anomalies. Glen Arm, MD: Sourcebook Project, 1982. $14.95.

Corliss, William R. Rare Halos, Mirages, Anomalous Rainbows and Related Electromagnetic Phenomena: A Catalog of Geophysical Anomalies. Glen Arm, MD: Sourcebook Project, 1984. $14.95.

Gallant, Roy A. Rainbows, Mirages, and Sundogs: The Sky As a Source of Wonder. New York: Atheneum, 1987. $14.95.

books.gif Greenler, Robert. Rainbows, Halos, and Glories. Cambridge, England: Cambridge University Press, 1980. 195 p. Excellent book, now out of print. $33.95.

books.gif Humphreys, William Jackson. Physics of the Air. New York: Dover, 1964. 676 p. Out of print.

Kaler, James B. The Ever-Changing Sky: A Guide to the Celestial Sphere. New York: Cambridge University Press, 1996. 515 p. $35.96.

Lynch, David K. and Livingston, William. Color and Light in Nature, 2nd ed. Cambridge, England: Cambridge University Press, 2001. 254 p. Contains many beautiful color pictures and excellent explanations. $33.95.

Meinel, Aden B. and Meinel, Marjorie Pettit. Sunsets, Twilights, and Evening Skies. Cambridge, England: Cambridge University Press, 1983. 163 p. $19.95.

books.gif Minnaert, Marcel Gilles Jozef. The Nature of Light and Colour in the Open Air. New York: Dover, 1954. Classic test, reprinted by Springer. $8.05.

Minnaert, Marcel Gilles Jozef. Light and Colour in the Outdoors. New York: Springer-Verlag, 1993. 420 p. $39. Contains 80 new photos, 49 in color. $8.85.

Schaaf, Frederick. Seeing the Sky. New York: Wiley, 1990. $17.06.

books.gif Schaaf, Frederick. Wonders of the Sky: Observing Rainbows, Comets, Eclipses, the Stars and Other Phenomena. New York: Dover, 1984. $8.05.

Tape, Walter. Atmospheric Halos. Amer. Geophys. Union, 1994. 143 p. $40.

Walker, Jearl (introduction). Light from the Sky: Readings from Scientific American Magazine. 78 p. $2.98.


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