Royal Astronomical Society to publish books

A new series of books, primarily aimed at the academic market, but including history and popular titles for scientists and amateur astronomers, is to be launched by the Royal Astronomical Society. RAS President, Professor Michael Rowan-Robinson, explains: "We are aiming to publish books of a wide variety of types and levels, but all at the highest scientific standard. We are primarily interested in exploiting the Society’s assets – its members, its archives, its meetings – to advance our sciences through all kinds of book publishing". The books will be published by Springer