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The Complete Idiot's Guide to Astronomy 4th Edition
Author(s): Christopher De Pree (Author), Alan Axelrod Ph.D. (Author)
- Publisher: Alpha
- Publication Date: March 4 2008
- Edition: 4th
- Language: English
- Print length: 352 pages
- ISBN-10: 1592577199
- ISBN-13: 9781592577194
Book Description
Look to the stars.
The demotion of Pluto and promotion of Ceres as planetary objects
Breakthrough evidence of recent water flow on Mars
New developments in asteroid-tracking programs
New information on the nature and shape of our universe
Mind-bending theories concerning multiple universes
Information on the latest telescopes
Although Astronomy has been around for more than 5,500 years, astronomers say that we’ve learned more than 90% of what we know about the universe in just the last 50-and much of
that in the last decade! The Complete Idiot’s Guide(r) to Astronomy, Fourth Edition, continues to be the most comprehensive introduction to the topic, covering all the latest advances and discoveries, including: The demotion of Pluto and promotion of Ceres as planetary objects
Breakthrough evidence of recent water flow on Mars
New developments in asteroid-tracking programs
New information on the nature and shape of our universe
Mind-bending theories concerning multiple universes
Information on the latest telescopes
As a bonus, this book includes a fascinating CDROM with more than 200 of the most spectacular images from NASA, star maps, and other tools for backyard astronomers.
Editorial Reviews
About the Author
Alan Axelrod is a renowned historian and business writer. He was the co author of the New York Times bestseller What Every American Should Know About American History as well as the BusinessWeek bestsellers Patton on Leadership and Elizabeth I, CEO. He has written extensively on the Civil War.
