Astronomy (Peterson First Guide) - Softcover

Pasachoff, Jay M.; Cheng, Edward S.; Osmer, Patrick; Spinrad, Hyron

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9780395467909: Astronomy (Peterson First Guide)

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ISBN 10: 039546790X ISBN 13: 9780395467909

Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1988

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A clear, up-to-date text covering virtually everything in the sky concisely but accurately tells how to get started in astronomy--without even a telescope or a pair of binoculars. 65 color photos, 24 color sky maps.

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About the Author:

Jay M. Pasachoff is the Field Memorial Professor of Astronomy and director of the Hopkins Observatory at Williams College in Williamstown, Massachusetts. Professor Pasachoff has done extensive research on the solar corona at total eclipses and has been on 29 eclipse expeditions. He has also used a wide variety of telescopes around the world. He is the author of popular textbooks on astronomy and on other science subjects. He has twice been chair of the Astronomy Division of the American Association for the Advancement of Science and is the chair of the Working Group on Eclipses of the International Astronomical Union and the U.S. national representative to the IAU's Commission on the Teaching of Astronomy.

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