Bibliography How to Colonize an Asteroid

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This is a listing of the reference materials used in this presentation. The majority of the listings are books which can be borrowed from your local library (or through an inter-library loan system). Some of these books may be out of print, but the information which they contain is still invaluable. If there is a link image to Amazon.com to the right of an entry, clicking on it will take you to a page where you might be able to purchase that particular book. While many of these books are out of print, Amazon.com might still be able to find them for you. Details will be provided by Amazon.com. Please note that, while I make a commission from books which are currently in print, most of these are special order or out of print and therefore I receive no compensation. Note also that the "Price" I have marked here is the price printed on the book, and may not be even close to what the same book costs today. Most of the links to Amazon.com on this page are simply a courtesy to help you locate copies. Some people have complained that a lot of my reference material is out of date, but I don't believe that this is the case. Many older books contain information which is just assumed in newer books, and many newer books do not go into detail about how things can be done without computers. I believe that it is important to maintain some of the older skills, because if you are on an asteroid and your computers go down, how are you going to get by?. Last update 9/24/2001

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Ref.#: 1
Media Type: Book
Title: The First Golden Age of Rocketry
Author: Frank H. Winter
Copyright: 1990
Published by: Smithsonian Institution Press
ISBN: 0-87474-987-5
Obtronics #:
Lib. of Congress#:
Ownership?: No
Price:
Subject:Rocketry, History
Notes: Very good book on the early history of rocketry (1700's -1800's)

Ref.#: 2
Media Type: Book
Title: The History of Rocket Technology
Author: Eugene M. Emme
Copyright: 1964
Published by: University Press, Detroit Michigan 48202
ISBN: ?
Obtronics #:
Lib. of Congress#: 64-17625
Ownership?: No
Price: Subject: Rocketry, History
Notes:

Ref.#: 3
Media Type: Book
Title: Exploring Space: Voyages in the Solar System & Beyond
Author: William E. Burrows
Copyright: 1990
Published by: Random House Inc., New York
ISBN: 0-394-56983-0
obtronics #: Lib. of Congress#:
Ownership?: No
Price:
Subject: Rocketry, History, Space Probes
Notes:

Ref.#: 4
Media Type: Book
Title: Radio Handbook, 20th ed.
Author: William I. Orr, W6SAI
Copyright: 1975
Published by: Howard W. Sams & Co.
ISBN: 0-672-24032-7
Obtronics #:
Lib. of Congress#: 75-7018
Ownership?: Y
Price: $25.00
Subject: Radio, Electronics, HAM Radio
Notes: Probably one of the very best technical handbooks for Ham Radio operators. Excellent introduction to electronics.

Ref.#: 5
Media Type: Book
Title: Computer and Information Sciences
Author: Julius T. Tou and Richard H. Wilcox
Copyright: 1964
Published by: Spartan Books, Inc.
ISBN: ?
Obtronics #:
Lib. of Congress#: 64-25585
Ownership?: Yes
Price:
Subject: Artificial Intelligence, Machine Intelligence, Computers
Notes:

Ref.#: 6
Media Type: Book
Title: Electronic Conversions: Symbols and Formulas
Author: Rufus P. Turner and Stan Gibilisco
Copyright: 1988
Published by: Tab Books, Inc.
ISBN: 0-8306-0865-6
Obtronics #:
Lib. of Congress#: 87-29026
Ownership?: Yes
Price: $21.95
Subject: Electronics-Mathematics, Electronics-Tables
Notes:

Ref.#: 7
Media Type: Book
Title: How to Draw Schematics and Design Circuit Boards with your IBM-PC
Author: Steve Sokolowski
Copyright: 1988
Published by: TAB Books, Inc
ISBN: 0-8306-0334-4
Obtronics #:
Lib. of Congress#: 88-20131
Ownership?: Yes
Price: $20.00
Subject: Printed Circuits - Design and Construction, PCB, BASIC Programs
Notes:

Ref.#: 8
Media Type: Book
Title: The Digital Control of Systems: Applications to Vehicles and Robots
Author: ed. by C. Fargeon
Copyright: 1989
Published by: Van Nostrand Reinhold
ISBN: 0-442-23942-4
Obtronics #:
Lib. of Congress#: 89-5797
Ownership?: Yes
Price: $35.00 Subject: Digital Control Systems Notes:

Ref.#: 9
Media Type: Book
Title: From Spark to Satellite: A History of Radio Communication
Author: Stanley Leinwoll
Copyright: 1979
Published by: Charles Scribner's Sons, New York
ISBN: 0-684-16048-X
Obtronics #:
Lib. of Congress#: 78-24172
Ownership?: No
Price:
Subject: Telecommunication-History, Radio
Notes: GCC Library # TK 5102.2.L46

Ref.#: 10
Media Type: Book
Title: Understanding Magnetism,Magnets,Electromagnets and Superconducting Magnets
Author: Robert Wood
Copyright: 1988
Published by: TAB Books Inc.
ISBN: 0-8306-0772-2
Obtronics #:
Lib. of Congress#: 88-8559
Ownership?: Yes
Price: $17.95
Subject: Magnetism, Electromagnetism
Notes:

Ref.#: 11
Media Type: Book
Title: The Local Area Network Book
Author: E.G. Brooner
Copyright: 1984
Published by: Howard W. Sams & Company
ISBN: 0-672-22254-X
Obtronics #:
Lib. of Congress#: 83-51227
Ownership?: Yes
Price: $7.95
Subject: Local Area Networks, LAN Notes:

Ref.#: 12
Media Type: Book
Title: The Design and Drafting of Printed Circuits
Author: Darryl Lindsey
Copyright: 1979
Published by: Bishop Graphics, Inc.
ISBN: 0-9601748-0-X
Obtronics #:
Lib. of Congress#: ?
Ownership?: Yes
Price: $30.00
Subject: Printed Circuit Boards, PCB's, PC Boards
Notes:

Ref.#: 13
Media Type: Book
Title: Programming Languages
Author: Allen B. Tucker
Copyright: 1986
Published by: McGraw Hill
ISBN: 0-07-065416-6
Obtronics #:
Lib. of Congress#: 84-28941
Ownership?: Yes
Price: $60.00
Subject: Computer Programming, Programming Languages
Notes:

Ref.#: 14
Media Type: Book
Title: Integrated Circuit Projects Vol.1
Author: Forrest M. Mims, III
Copyright: 1973
Published by: Radio Shack
ISBN: ?
Obtronics #:
Lib. of Congress#: 73-81731
Ownership?: Yes
Price: $1.25
Subject: Digital Electronics, Electronic Projects
Notes:

Ref.#: 15
Media Type: Book
Title: Integrated Circuit Projects Vol.2
Author: Forrest M. Mims, III
Copyright: 1974 Published by: Radio Shack
ISBN: ?
Obtronics #:
Lib. of Congress#: 73-81731
Ownership?: Yes
Price: $1.25
Subject: Digital Electronics, Electronic Projects
Notes:

Ref.#: 16
Media Type: Book
Title: Integrated Circuit Projects Vol.3
Author: Forrest M. Mims, III
Copyright: 1976
Published by: Radio Shack
ISBN: ?
Obtronics #:
Lib. of Congress#: 73-81731
Ownership?: Yes
Price: $1.25
Subject: Digital Electronics, Electronic Projects
Notes:

Ref.#: 17
Media Type: Book
Title: A Short History of Biology
Author: Isaac Asimov
Copyright: 1964
Published by: The Natural History Press, Garden City, New York
ISBN: ?
Obtronics #:
Lib. of Congress#: 64-11696
Ownership?: No
Price: $3.95
Subject: Biology, History
Notes: Excellent book about the origins of the science of biology.

Ref.#: 18
Media Type: Book
Title: Basic Microbiology
Author: Margaret F. Wheeler and Wesley A. Volk
Copyright: 1969
Published by: J. B. Lippincott Company
ISBN: 0-397-54086-8
Obtronics #:
Lib. of Congress#: 68-55833
Ownership?: Yes
Price: $30.00
Subject: Biology, Microbiology
Notes:

Ref.#: 19
Media Type: Book
Title: Elements of Biological Science, 2nd ed.
Author: William T. Keeton
Copyright: 1973
Published by: W. W. Norton & Company, Inc.
ISBN: 0-393-09346-8
Obtronics #:
Lib. of Congress#: 73-2569
Ownership?: Yes
Price: $9.95
Subject: Biology, Basic
Notes:

Ref.#: 20
Media Type: Book
Title: Memory Databook
Author: National Semiconductor
Copyright: 1977
Published by: Radio Shack
ISBN: ?
Obtronics #:
Lib. of Congress#: ?
Ownership?: Yes
Price: $3.95
Subject: Electronics, Digital, Memory, Computers
Notes:

Ref.#: 21
Media Type: Book
Title: Understanding CMOS Integrated Circuits, 2nd ed.
Author: Roger Melen & Harry Garland
Copyright: 1979
Published by: Howard W. Sams & Co., Inc.
ISBN: 0-672-21598-5
Obtronics #:
Lib. of Congress#: 79-62990
Ownership?: Yes
Price: $6.95
Subject: Electronics-digital, Integrated Circuits-CMOS, computers
Notes:

Ref.#: 22
Media Type: Book
Title: How to Design and Build Your own Custom Robot
Author: David L. Heiserman
Copyright: 1981
Published by: TAB BOOKS Inc.
ISBN: 0-8306-1341-3
Obtronics #:
Lib. of Congress#: 80-28207
Ownership?: Yes
Price: $13.50
Subject: Robotics-Construction,Robotics-programming, Machine Intelligence
Notes:

Ref.#: 23
Media Type: Book
Title: Microprocessor Based Robotics
Author: Mark J. Robillard
Copyright: 1983
Published by: Howard W. Sams & Co., Inc.
ISBN: 0-672-22050-4
Obtronics #:
Lib. of Congress#: 83-60160
Ownership?: Yes
Price: $16.95
Subject: Robotics-construction
Notes: Good introduction to simple electromechanical systems

Ref.#: 24
Media Type: Book
Title: From the Earth to the Moon
Author: Jules Verne
Copyright: 1967
Published by: Airmont Publishing Company,Inc.
ISBN: ?
Obtronics #:
Lib. of Congress#: ?
Ownership?: No
Price: $0.50
Subject: Science Fiction
Notes: GCC # PQ 2469.T58 B3

Ref.#: 25
Media Type: Book
Title: The Norton History of Chemistry
Author: William H. Brock
Copyright: 1992
Published by: W.W.Norton & Co, Inc. New York, NY
ISBN: 0-393-03536-0
Obtronics #:
Lib. of Congress#: 93-19054
Ownership?: Yes
Price: $35.00 Subject: Chemistry - History
Notes:

Ref.#: 26
Media Type: Book
Title: Living in Space
Author: Mitchell R. Sharpe
Copyright: 1969 Published by: Doubleday & Company
ISBN:
Obtronics #:
Lib. of Congress#:
Ownership?: N
Price: Subject: space science, spacecraft design
Notes: GCC library. #?

Ref.#: 27
Media Type: Book
Title: Model Rocket Design and Construction
Author: Timothy S. Van Milligan
Copyright: 1995
Published by: Kalmbach Publishing Co.
ISBN: 0-89024-561-4
Obtronics #:
Lib. of Congress#:
Ownership?: y
Price: $17.95
Subject: Model Rocketry, Design and construction
Notes:

Ref.#: 28
Media Type: Book
Title: Handbook of Model Rocketry, 4th ed.
Author: G. Harry Stine
Copyright: 1975
Published by: National Association of Rocketry (?)
ISBN:
Obtronics #:
Lib. of Congress#:
Ownership?: y
Price: $25.00
Subject: Model Rocketry, Design and construction
Notes: Excellent book. There are two newer versions, but they have omitted the schematics of radio transmitters in the newer versions. Does not go into high powered rocketry.

Ref.#: 29
Media Type: Book
Title: Estes Educator - Science and Model Rockets
Author: Sylvia Nolte
Copyright: 1992
Published by: Estes Industries, Penrose, CO
ISBN:
Obtronics #:
Lib. of Congress#:
Ownership?: y
Price: $20.00
Subject: Model Rocketry
Notes: Curriculum for grades 5,6,7,8

Ref.#: 30
Media Type: Book
Title: Estes Educator - Physics and Model Rockets
Author: Sylvia Nolte
Copyright: 1992
Published by: Estes Industries, Penrose, CO
ISBN:
Obtronics #:
Lib. of Congress#:
Ownership?: y
Price: $20.00
Subject: Model Rocketry
Notes: Course Curriculum for grades 8,9,10, & 11

Ref.#:31
Media Type: CD-ROM
Title: Mircosoft Encarta 96 Encyclopedia
Author: Edited by Microsoft Corp.
Copyright: 1993-1995
Published by: Microsoft Corp.
ISBN:
Obtronics #:
Lib. of Congress#:
Ownership?: y
Price: ? (Free w/some new PC's)
Subject: General Reference
Notes: Cool!

Ref.#: 32
Media Type: Book
Title: Meteorites: Messengers From Space
Author: F. Heide and F. Wlotzka
Copyright: 1995
Published by: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg (Germany)
ISBN: 3-540-58105-7
Obtronics #:
Lib. of Congress#:
Ownership?: y
Price:
Subject: Meteorites
Notes: Good reference on the composition and distribution of meteorites on planet earth.

Ref.#: 33
Media Type: Book
Title: Mining the Sky
Author: John S. Lewis
Copyright: 1996
Published by: Addison-Wesley
ISBN: 0-201-47959-1
Obtronics #:
Lib. of Congress#:
Ownership?: y
Price: $29.95
Subject: Space Exploration, Asteroids
Notes:

Ref.#: 34
Media Type: Book
Title: Chemical Principles, 5th edition
Author: William L. Masterson, Emil J. Slowinski, Conrad L. Stanitski
Copyright: 1981
Published by: Saunders College Publishing
ISBN: 03-057804-3
Obtronics #:
Lib. of Congress#: 80-53832
Ownership?: y
Price: ?
Subject: Chemistry, General Textbook
Notes: 1st year college introductory text - should be minimum taught in high school, IMHO

Ref.#: 35
Media Type: Book
Title: The Complete Book of Amplifiers, Oscillators, and Multivibrators
Author: Joseph J. Carr
Copyright: 1981
Published by: TAB Books (#1230)
ISBN: 0-8306-9653-9
Obtronics #:
Lib. of Congress#:
Ownership?: y
Price: $15.95
Subject: Electronics, Circuits, Amplifier, Oscillator, Multivibrator
Notes:

Ref.#: 36
Media Type: Book
Title: Semiconductor Reference Guide, 1992 ed.
Author: Radio Shack
Copyright: 1991
Published by: Radio Shack (Cat # 276-4015)
ISBN:
Obtronics #:
Lib. of Congress#:
Ownership?: y
Price:
Subject: Electronics, Reference, Circuits
Notes:

Ref.#: 37
Media Type: Book
Title: Now You're Talking! Discover the World of HAM Radio
Author: Ed. by Jim Kearman
Copyright: 1991
Published by: The American Radio Relay League
ISBN: 0-87259-352-5
Obtronics #:
Lib. of Congress#:
Ownership?: y
Price:
Subject:
Notes:

Ref.#: 38
Media Type: Book
Title: Spaceflight Life Support and Biospherics
Author: Peter Eckart
Copyright: 1996
Published by: Microcosm Press, Torrence, CA
ISBN: 0-7923-3889-8
Obtronics #:
Lib. of Congress#:
Ownership?: y
Price: $159.00
Subject: Spacecraft, Biospheric Systems, Life Support
Notes: "Must Read!" textbook on life support systems for spaceflight.

Ref.#: 39
Media Type: Book
Title: Fundamentals of Astrodynamics
Author: Roger Bate, Donald Mueller, and Jerry White
Copyright: 1971
Published by: Dover Publications, Inc.
ISBN: 0-486-60061-0
Obtronics #:
Lib. of Congress#: 73-157430
Ownership?: y
Price: $8.95
Subject: Spaceflight, Astrodynamics
Notes:

Ref.#: 40
Media Type: Book
Title: How to Build Your Own Self-Programming Robot
Author: David L. Heiserman
Copyright: 1979
Published by: TAB Books
ISBN: 0-8306-9760-8
Obtronics #:
Lib. of Congress#: 79-16855
Ownership?: y
Price: $12.95
Subject: Robotics, Machine Intelligence
Notes: TAB book #1241

Ref.#: 41
Media Type: Book
Title: Synopsis and Classification of Living Organisms
Author: Ed. by S.P. Parker
Copyright:
Published by:
ISBN: 0-07-079031-0
Obtronics #:
Lib. of Congress#:
Ownership?: n
Price: $295.00
Subject: Biology, Taxonomy
Notes:

Ref.#: 42
Media Type: Book
Title: Elements of Radio
Author: Abraham and William Marcus
Copyright: 1943
Published by: Prentice-Hall,Inc.
ISBN: n/a
Obtronics #:
Lib. of Congress#: n/a
Ownership?: y
Price: ?
Subject: Electronics, Radio, Vacuum Tubes, Basic Electronics
Notes:

Ref.#: 43
Media Type: Book
Title: Fundamentals of College Physics
Author: W. Wallace McCormick
Copyright: 1965
Published by: The MacMillan Company, New York
ISBN: n/a
Obtronics #:
Lib. of Congress#: 65-13685
Ownership?: y
Price: ?
Subject: Physics
Notes: Good introductory text on college level physics.

Ref.#: 44
Media Type: Book
Title: Chemistry An Investigative Approach
Author: F. Albert Cotton, C. Leroy Darlington, Lawrence D. Lynch
Copyright: 1973
Published by: Houghton Mifflin Company
ISBN: 0-395-13831-0
Obtronics #:
Lib. of Congress#: 72-1554
Ownership?: y
Price: ?
Subject: Chemistry
Notes: High School Chemistry text book.

Ref.#: 45
Media Type: Book
Title: Asteroids II
Author:ed. by Binzel, Gehrels, and Matthews
Copyright: 1989
Published by: The University of Arizona Press
ISBN: 0-8165-1123-3
Obtronics #:
Lib. of Congress#: 89-20223
Ownership?: y
Price: $90.00
Subject: Asteroid composition and orbital elements
Notes:1258 pages of detailed information on all aspects of asteroids

Ref.#: 46
Media Type: Book
Title: The Voice of the Crystal: How to Build Working Radio Reciever Components Entirely From Scratch
Author: H. Peter Friedrichs
Copyright: 1999
Published by: H. Peter Friedrichs
ISBN: 0-9671905-0-9
Obtronics #:
Lib. of Congress#: ?
Ownership?: y
Price:
Subject: Radio Receiver Components Build
Notes:

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