Astronomy and Astrophysics Library is a 7-book series with 7 released primary works first released in 1973 with contributions by Martin Harwit, Rudolph; Weigert Kippenhahn, Peter Schneider, J. Ehlers, E.E. Falco, Carl J. Hansen, Françoise Combes, Patrick Boissé, Alain Mazure, Alain Blanchard, Gennady S. Bisnovatyi-Kogan, and Peter H. Bodenheimer.