The Young Astronomer (Young Enthusiast Series) - Hardcover

Ford, Harry; Stott, Carole

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0789420619 ISBN 13: 9780789420619

Publisher: Dk Pub, 1998

Synopsis

Three hundred photographs illustrate--step by step--the fundamental skills, equipment needed, and fun projects for young stargazers, including tips on creating a zodiac band model and recording a comet's journey through the skies.

About this title

About the Author:

Harry Ford is the Planetarium Lecturer at the Old Observatory in Greenwich, England. He first became interested in the sky at the age of 10, after seeing the rings of the planet Saturn through a small telescope. In 1970, he became the first full-time Curator of the Mills Observatory in his hometown of Dundee, Scotland. Together with his wife, he built the tiny Southend Planetarium in Essex, England, and in 1985, he was awarded the prestigious Lorimer Gold Medal of the Astronomical Society of Edinburgh.

Review:

Designed to a fare-thee-well by the British packager Dorling Kindersley, this handsome volume is well-suited to a novice explorer of the stars and planets. Intelligently divided into manageable learning-bites, the young reader is introduced to astronomy's pioneers - Ptolemy, Copernicus, Gallileo; told what to look for and where in the night sky, and even clearer instructions for making a telescope at home. If the book has a major drawback, it is its classroom-like emphasis on projects, with detailed and numbered steps to completion. Every double page spread has its own project, and the lack of a continuing, connected text may be disappointing to a child seriously interested in delving deeper into astronomy. Author Harry Ford is Planetarium Lecturer at the Old Observatory in Greenwich, England and an enthusiastic guide for neophytes. The Child who is hooked by this introduction to the galaxy will surely be inspired to learn more. -- From Parents' Choice®

About this edition

• Publisher: Dk Pub
• Publication date: 1998
• ISBN 10: 0789420619
• ISBN 13: 9780789420619
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 37