books about: astronomy (introduction aceastronomy introductory)

books about: astronomy

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Astronomy Hacks: Tips and Tools for Observing the Night Sky (Hacks)

56 reviews
Robert Thompson, Barbara Fritchman Thompson

O'Reilly Media, Inc., 2005

Useful Book
This book has lots of good ideas in it. Well worth the money.

Astronomy For Dummies (For Dummies (Math & Science))

24 reviews
Stephen P. Maran

For Dummies, 2005

Expectation
If there is a rank below amateur, then I hold it. This book is crisp, delightful and helpful.

Astronomy Today Vol 1: The Solar System (6th Edition) (Astronomy Today)
Eric Chaisson, Steve McMillan

Benjamin Cummings, 2007

This straightforward volume presents a broad view of astronomy spanning known facts, evolving ideas, and frontier discoveries. The authors combine qualitative reasoning and analogies with familiar objects and phenomena to awaken readers to the excitement of the universe around them. Incorporates new understanding and emphases in contemporary astronomy, including the latest data on topics ranging from adaptive optics and solar system formation ...

Astronomy: A Beginner's Guide to the Universe (5th Edition)

2 reviews
Eric Chaisson, Steve McMillan

Benjamin Cummings, 2006

Awesome
The book was just as i expected!!! it was new, no marks, and no bent pages! it was a great price and it looks like i just bought it from a book store!! shipped really fast! THANKS

Astronomy: A Self-Teaching Guide, Sixth Edition

9 reviews
Dinah L. Moche

Wiley, 2004

a nice little book for intro to astronomy
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 ...

Astronomy Today (5th Edition)

10 reviews
Eric Chaisson, Steve McMillan

Benjamin Cummings, 2004

Astronomy Today 5th edition
I have had a lifetime love of Astronomy but have lacked the mathmatical background for a thorough understanding. Most popular books on the subject rarely cover the field in the manner that I desire. Astronomy Today is a textbook for a beginning course in astronomy at the college level and does, in fact, cover a great deal of information without the need for mathmatical knowledge. The authors ...

Bad Astronomy: Misconceptions and Misuses Revealed, from Astrology to the Moon Landing "Hoax"

35 reviews
Philip C. Plait

Wiley, 2002

Great book for us non-astronomy experts
I bought this book expecting to read the usual stuff about why some people think that the moon landing was a hoax and how astrology doesnt really work (as explained on the cover). But i was suprised to learn about so many things that I actually thought really did exist in the world of astronomy. I really did think that the water spun in a different direction in australia, and that the sky was ...

Lecture Tutorials for Introductory Astronomy (2nd Edition) (Addison-Wesley Series in Educational Innovation)

4 reviews
Edward E. Prather, Tim P. Slater, ...

Benjamin Cummings, 2007

Excellent Hands-On Suppliment
Adam's "Lecture Tutorials" collection is an excellent suppliment to any astronomy textbook. While most text books include a couple of introductory chapters on naked-eye astronomy the material included is often surface deep at best and downright confusing at worst. Much of this is because the topics covered (i.e.-the celestial sphere, daily and yearly motions of the stars, sun and moon, etc) are ...

Astronomy: A Beginner's Guide to the Universe, Fourth Edition

7 reviews
Eric Chaisson, Steve McMillan

Prentice Hall, 2003

Astronomy Text Book
Text book arrived in excellent condition (brand spankin' new) and in a timely manner (about 3 business days). I got a great deal too! No problems whatsoever. Thanks a bunch!

Astronomy Today (6th Edition)

1 review
Eric Chaisson, Steve McMillan

Benjamin Cummings, 2007

How Complete?
I bought the Astronomy Today:Stars and Galaxies, 4th edition paperback several years ago. Amazon lists the HARDBOUND 6th edition as having 848 pages, while the 6th edition two section paperbacks have a total of 1024 pages listed. I have NOT SEEN the 6th edition so I don't know what the 176 pages consist of.

NightWatch: A Practical Guide to Viewing the Universe

86 reviews

Firefly Books, 2006

The Easiest Way to Get Started
I bought this book some years ago, to see if I wanted to try amateur astronomy again. I had been given a department store telescope as a kid, and was discouraged by the fact that you really couldn't observe anything other than the moon with it. This book gave me the confidence to go out and buy a reasonably expensive telescope, and get it up and running with almost no assistance from anyone ...

Astronomy: The Evolving Universe

2 reviews
Michael Zeilik

Cambridge University Press, 2002

Starry, starry night...
Zeilik's book is one of the earliest systematic astronomy texts I ever read, beginning with the third edition back in 1982. That edition had four primary sections - Part I: Changing Concepts of the Cosmos; Part II: The Planets, Past and Present; Part III: The Universe of Stars and Galaxies; and Part IV: Cosmic Evolution. Part I looks at the general structure of the universe, how it was ...

Explorations: An Introduction to Astronomy, Volume 1 (Solar System) with Starry Night Pro DVD, version 5.0 ...

1 review
Thomas T Arny

McGraw-Hill Science/Engineering/Math, 2008

Excellent
This is the best Astronomy text that I have ever seen. It is filled with colorful photos and diagrams, and delves into the more interesting aspects of astronomy. A must for any Astronomy teacher, student, or amateur astronomer. It's also included with a great CD that has planetarium software on it.

Pathways to Astronomy with Starry Nights Pro CD-ROM (v.3.1)
Steven Schneider, Thomas T Arny

McGraw-Hill Science/Engineering/Math, 2006

Pathways to Astronomy is designed more like a series of mini-lectures instead of a monograph of the entire field of astronomy. The same material covered in other introductory astronomy texts is included, but this is broken up into smaller self-contained units. These units are woven together to flow naturally for the person who wants to read the text like a book, but it is also possible to assign them in different orders, or skip certain units ...

Stellar Theology and Masonic Astronomy

2 reviews
Robert Hewitt Brown

Book Tree, 2002

The Orion of Freemasonic Books
One of the most concise and on point books about astrology, numerology, esoteric sciences and the like. Profusely illustrated so much so the illiterate and semi literate can still benefit from it's lights and rights.The Freemasonic purist would benefit the most from this glorious work, but a total novice would also become more enlightened. Brother Brown's teachings on the number 7 and it's ...

Exploring Creation With Astronomy (Young Explorers)

22 reviews
Jeannie Fulbright

Apologia Educational Ministries, 2004

Exploring Creation with Astronomy by Jeanne Fulbright.
You are so blessed to have curriculum like this available to you! As I read through this textbook, I got so excited about teaching it that I forgot my kids were grown! (No, I don't want to teach someone else's!) This is the curriculum I dreamed about when my children were young. It's interesting, fun, easy-to-use, and best of all, teaches so much more than traditional textbooks! I like it ...

Foundations of Astronomy (with AceAstronomy, Virtual Astronomy Labs Printed Access Card)

4 reviews
Michael A. Seeds

Brooks Cole, 2006

amature review
As an amature I found this text an excellent overview of the astronomy world. It is well organized and presented a basic overview of most all topics. It is well written and clear and would be very usefull for any one starting out in astronomy and interested in gaining a broad knowledge of the subject. Subjects covered lay a good foundation and also act as a spring board to other books with ...

The Complete Idiot's Guide to Astronomy, 4th Edition (Complete Idiot's Guide to)

4 reviews
Ph.D., Christopher De Pree, Ph.D., Alan Axelrod

Alpha, 2008

Keeping up is awfully hard to do
Keeping up in astronomy as a general reader is not a trivial task. As the editorial matter for this excellent summary indicates "astronomers say that we've learned more than 90% of what we know about the universe in just the last 50 [years] -- and much of that in the last decade!" Here's my solution: Subscribe to Astronomy; the magazine has recently improved its wonderful website, which ...

21st Century Astronomy, Second Edition

3 reviews
Jeff Hester, David Burstein, ...

W. W. Norton, 2006

Out of this world
Wonderful explanations. This is the astronomy book I never had as a kid! I'm a biologist and always thought I had the good fortune of working in the most interesting field. It sounds trite, but this book has opened my eyes to a universe out there. Now I even sort of understand black holes and the implications of relativity.