- ISBN13: 9780764584657
- Condition: USED - LIKE NEW
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Product Description
An accessible guide to the wonders of the night sky, now updated
From asteroids to black holes, from quasars to white dwarfs, this new edition of Astronomy For Dummies takes backyard stargazers on a grand tour of the universe. Featuring star maps, charts, gorgeous full-color photographs, and easy-to-follow explanations, this fact-filled guide gives readers a leg up on the basic principles of astronomy and shows how to get the most out of binoculars, telescopes, planetarium visits, and other fun astronomical activities. This updated edition includes an updated color signature and covers the many discoveries made in recent years, as well as new astronomy Web sites.
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Sorry, Is there spanish version of this book?. Astronomy for dummies.
This book will definitely get your attention about our small insignificant planet and the BIG universe we live in. This could start you on a journey to become the next Hubble or Galelio. God speed if you continue on through the vortex.
I gave it to a girl who wants to be a doctor. The perfect NERD gift for a NERDY girl. I do not use that word disparagingly. NERDS are people or children who LOVE being smart. I’m a NERD too!
This book is the most helpful book I’ve ever read. Since I’m new in astronomy I used this book to at least give me the basics. It gave me more than I could ever ask for! Some things I liked just reading about like solar eclipses and reading about the planets. I really don’t need to know how to find the planets because my meade etx70at does all the work for me which I highly recomend for the casual observer. Anyways this book is very helpful and I think you’ll like it.
This is a great book for beginners in the field of Astronomy. Unlike some of the other books I considered purchasing, it is clear cut and easy to understand. Enough content to keep you interested, but not so much it will bog down a beginner.I do wish it had information on astrophotography. If it is there, I have not come across it yet. There are only eight pages of color photos,and more color photos of what you might see would be very helpful. I am planning on using this book in conjunction with a new telescope and the information it provides will certainly get me around the Universe in an informative and fun manner. I am looking forward to getting into this book more as our Missouri sky warms this spring.
I was also fortunate to come across this book in a hard back version which I feel is much more practical due to the use this book will get! Amazon was the only source I found that offered a hard back version.
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