Seeing in the Dark
How Amateur Astronomers Are Discovering the Wonders of the Universe
Published on 8. July 2003
Book
Paperback/Softback
400 pages
978-0-684-86580-5 (ISBN)
Description
America's finest science writer describes a major revolution sweeping astronomy, as amateur astronomers, in global networks linked by the Internet, make discoveries that are changing knowledge of the universe. The appendix includes star charts, observing lists, and a guide on how to get involved with the stars.
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Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Dimensions
Height: 214 mm
Width: 140 mm
Thickness: 25 mm
Weight
415 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-684-86580-5 (9780684865805)
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12/2012
1st Edition
Simon + Schuster LLC
€16.80
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Person
Timothy Ferris, called "the best popular science writer in the English language today" (The Christian Science Monitor) and "the best science writer of his generation" (The Washington Post), is the author of ten books, including the bestsellers The Whole Shebang and Coming of Age in the Milky Way. He has won the American Institute of Physics prize (twice), the American Association for the Advancement of Science prize, and has been nominated for the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award. A frequent contributor to The New Yorker, he lives in San Francisco and stargazes from his personal astronomical observatory on Sonoma Mountain in California's wine country. Visit his Web site at www.timothyferris.com.