The Complete Idiot's Guide to Astronomy
Chris De Pree and Alan Axelrod present a comprehensive tour of the universe. Readers will enjoy the historical approach, starting with the ancients, moving on to Copernicus and Galileo, and ending in the modern era with Neil Armstrong and others.
This book provides an excellent guide not only for first-time observers, but also for experienced amateur astronomers.
Astronomical techniques, the solar system, stars, and the distant universe are described in a concise but thorough manner.
The simple physical concepts underlying these phenomena are presented as they are required.
The Dictionary of Geophysics, Astrophysics, and Astronomy
provides a lexicon of terminology covering fields such as astronomy, astrophysics, cosmology, relativity, geophysics, meteorology, Newtonian physics, and oceanography.
Authors and editors often assume - incorrectly - that readers are familiar with all the terms in professional literature.
With over 4,000 definitions and 50 contributing authors, this unique comprehensive dictionary helps scientists to use terminology correctly and to understand papers, articles, and books in which physics-related terms appear.
