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Supplementary Contents Supplementary Contents Interactive Star maps Sets of figures from the book useful for lectures Java applets: University of Nebraska Astronomy Applets from Fred Lee A basic demo version of Voyager planetarium program 309 B.E. Penprase, The Power of Stars, DOI 10.1007/978-1-4419-6803-6, © Springer Science+Business Media, LLC 2011 Bibliography Adams, D. (1979). The hitch hiker’s guide to the galaxy. London, Pan Books. Aldhouse-Green, M. J. (1993). Celtic myths. Austin, University of Texas Press. Allen, R. H. (1963). Star names, their lore and meaning. New York, Dover. Archer-Hind, R. D. (1888). The Timaeus of Plato. London, McMillan. Aristotle and W. K. C. Guthrie (1960). On the heavens. With an English translation by W. K. C. Guthrie. Cambridge, Harvard University Press. Aristotle and H. Lawson-Tancred (1986). De anima = On the soul. Harmondsworth, Middlesex, England; New York, NY, Penguin Books. Aslaksen, H. and A. Rugulagedda (2001). 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