Through the Telescope: A Guide for the Amateur Astronomer，Revised Edition

作者 Patricia Barnes-Svarney著Michael Porcellino著
出版社 Mcgraw-Hill
出版时间 1999年11月
ISBN 9780071348041
定价 226.00

内容简介

Inthetenyearssincethisaward-winningbookwasoriginallywrittenbyMichaelPorcellino,thefieldofastronomyanditsdiscoverieshasgrownbyleapsandbounds.FromtheastoundingimagessentbackbytheHubbleSpaceTelescope,tothebrightcometHale-BoppfromthefleetofMartianprobes,tothelong-distanceexplorationsoftheMoon,Jupiter,VenusandSaturn—theuniversehasbecomemoreaccessiblethanever.Andthankstothisrevisedandthoroughlyupdatedneweditionbyastronomerandsciencewriter,PatriciaBarnes-Svarney,anyonewithaninterestcandelveintoitswonders.Fromtheverycloseuptothefarreachesofspace,THROUGHTHE...

作者简介

PatriciaL.Barnes-Svarneyistheauthorofmorethantwentybooksonpopularscienceforadultsandchildren,aswellasnumerousarticlesinsuchjournalsasPopularScience,Air&Space,Astronomy,FinalFrontier,OmniandAdAstra.HerextensivebackgroundinthephysicalsciencesincludesdegreesinGeologyandGeography,andprofessionalexperienceinastronomy,geomorphology,andphysicaloceanography.MichaelPorcellinowasanamateurastronomerformorethan30years,aswellasanactivememberoftheChicagoAstronomicalSociety,theAssociationofLunarandPlanetaryObservers,andtheAmericanAssociationofVariableStarObservers.Inadditiontopublishingextensivelyinthefieldofastronomy,healsoscriptedtrainingfilms,manualsandbrochuresonthesubject.

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