| Everybody has questions about what we see in the night sky. They might be questions about what it is we see when we look up there. They could be about how scientists know what they know about the sky, or maybe they're enquiries about how our ancestors viewed the sky. And sometimes, people are curious about something they heard from somebody else and they just want to check it out! You have a question? I've got a book to help you out! | ||
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| Visions of the Cosmos
by Carolyn Collins Petersen $41.90 A book that I wrote with Jack Brandt (University of New Mexico) that brings a more visual focus to the cosmos. We wanted to us... | Burnham's Celestial Handbook, Volume 1, Rev...
by Robert Burnham Okay, so there's not a picture. But this book (part of a three-volume set) is one of the most elegantly written guides to the ... | The Little Book of stars (Little Book Series)
by James B. Kaler $20.00 Jim's an old friend and an excellent writer. I love this little book of his, and you will too. |
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| Bad Astronomy: Misconceptions and Misuses R...
by Philip C. Plait $10.85 Phil.... Phil, Phil... what can I say about Phil? He's witty, sharp, and the best debunker of pseudoscience idiocy around. Th... | A Gentle Rain of Starlight: The Story of As...
by Michael J. West $11.86 Michael wrote this book to explain about why he loves Mauna Kea. He works for Gemini Observatory at their south installation i... | Is Pluto a Planet?: A Historical Journey th...
by David A. Weintraub $18.45 Like everybody else, I have an opinion about Pluto's planetary status. No, I'm not going to tell you what it is here, that's w... |
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| Stars of the First People: Native American ...
by Dorcas S. Miller A long time ago I had to write a planetarium show about ancient astronomers in Illinois and Missouri. That interested me in ot... | Living the Sky: The Cosmos of the American ...
by Ray A. Williamson $19.46 Ray Williamson does a wonderful job of sifting through the tantalizing remains of the oral histories about the sky that North ... | Skywatchers, Shamans & Kings: Astronomy...
by E. C. Krupp $30.00 Ed Krupp, another old friend and director of Griffith Observatory, takes a very matter-of-fact approach to explaining why anci... |
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