The Stargazer's Guide: How to Read Our Night Sky

Emily Winterburn

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Langue : anglais

Edité par Little, Brown Book Group, United Kingdom, London, 2008

1845297245 / 9781845297244

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Like the ocean, a starry sky has the capacity to fill us with wonder. A stargazer is anyone who's ever found themselves looking at the stars and wanting to know a bit more. Unlike its more scientific sister, astronomy, stargazing requires no equipment, except perhaps something comfortable to sit on and a star map (such as the ones in this book). Portable, free and completely fascinating, it can be done anywhere - even in the city. This book will guide you through what there is to see in the sky, why it's interesting and how previous generations have viewed and interpreted it. Organised month by month, we are taken through the various stories - mythological, historical and scientific - associated with the night sky and provided with simple diagrams to identify the constellations. Also explained are the sun - our closest star - the moon, planets, comets, meteor showers (or shooting stars) and satellites.This book also answers key questions like: What do we see when we look at the sun? How did the Greeks spin myths around forty-eight out of the eighty-eight constellations we recognise today? What, exactly, is the Milky Way? Why, on the 19th of November, might a stargazer see hundreds of shooting stars every hour? What does modern astronomy owe to astrology? No reader of this book will ever gaze up at the seemingly endless mass of stars in the same way again. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged. …

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Titre
The Stargazer's Guide: How to Read Our Night Sky
Auteur
Emily Winterburn
Éditeur
Little, Brown Book Group, United Kingdom, London
Année de publication
2008
État de l'article
Very Good
Reliure
Paperback
Langue
anglais
ISBN à 10 chiffres
1845297245
ISBN à 13 chiffres
9781845297244
Poids de l'article
739 grammes
Dimensions
156.0 x 208.0

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