Patrick Moore's Passion for Astronomy

Sir Patrick Moore (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

208 Seiten

1993
David & Charles (Verlag)
978-0-7153-0182-1 (ISBN)

Infos

In this typically unconventional guide to the wonders of astronomy, Patrick Moore takes the reader on a journey of exploration and investigation, to the edge of the universe and back. No dry scientific study, the book is written with all the author's enthusiasm and love for his subject.

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In this typically unconventional guide to the wonders of astronomy, Patrick Moore takes the reader on a journey of exploration and investigation, to the edge of the universe and back. From accounts of man's earliest star-gazing to the extraordinary nitrogen geysers on one of Neptune's moons, he offers glimpses of the almost unimaginable variety of the known universe. No dry scientific study, the book is written with all the author's enthusiasm and love for his subject and, without being condescending, aims to make even the most difficult concepts easy to understand.

Inhalt

Under the stars; starting out; the most interesting place on Earth; moonshine; neighbours; voyaging; tales of the unexpected; astronomers in strange haunts; the lives of the stars; star legends and the sky gods; the sky from pole to pole; who can hear us?; island universes; the end of time.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 25.11.1993
• Verlagsort: Newton Abbot
• Sprache: englisch
• Maße: 190 x 260 mm
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Natur / Technik ► Weltraum / Astronomie
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften
• ISBN-10: 0-7153-0182-9 / 0715301829
• ISBN-13: 978-0-7153-0182-1 / 9780715301821
• Zustand: Neuware