Astronomy: A Self-Teaching Guide
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Book Overview
From measuring the distance to planets and the size of stars to understanding black holes and the Big Bang, it's all covered here in a format that makes it easy for general readers (high-school level and up) to learn at their own pace. Updated to include the latest developments. Photos. Illustrations.
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0471530018
ISBN13:9780471530015
Release Date:August 1993
Publisher:Wiley
Length:368 Pages
Weight:1.48 lbs.
Dimensions:0.7" x 7.0" x 9.9"
Age Range:16 to 17 years
Grade Range:Grades 11 to 12
Customer Reviews
5 ratings
Excellent introduction to astronomy!
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 15 years ago
This book provides an excellent introduction to astronomy. It is up to date with excellent photographs and clear explanations. I would highly recommend this book to students in astronomy classes as well as people who wish to learn about astronomy as a hobby.
a nice little book for intro to astronomy
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 23 years ago
Obviously there are no people who are completely clueless about astronomy since we all were taught as children (at least I was) about the planets in our solar system and about other galaxies. Beyond that most people would not know much about astronomy; which is where this nice little book comes in handy. It has enough information on astronomy subjects without mathematics and without being textbook-like. I think the value of this book is the combination of illustrations and text that stimulate an interest to explore the topics (in another, more extensive book) if this is so desired. And if not, then it is still a good overview of astronomy. Good book for the price!
A terrific introduction to Astronomy
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 24 years ago
I have just completed an introductory course in Astronomy and I was surprised to find out how much is covered in Dinah Moche's book. She is able to cut through to the important ideas and topics without a lot of minute details. If you want to start learning about astronomy, get this book. It is as good an intro you will get, including college.
Very good book
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 26 years ago
This book on Astronomy taught me a lot things. Before I read this book I didn't know to much about astronomy but now after i read the book i know a lot! I loved it!
Good diagrams and easy format for the beginner/intermediate
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 26 years ago
Dinah's book is a great workbook to use in conjunction with learning astronomy from a larger, more complete text. I have often left a larger text to pull out Dinah's as she gets to the point quicker and helps the reader stay focused. Although she walks you through concepts more clearly and concisely than many larger texts, you often find that you want to know *why* or just more about a particular topic, and in this regard, combining this book with Zeilik's or Arny's works very well.
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