Patrick Moore's Passion for Astronomy

by CBE DSc FRAS Sir Patrick Moore (Author)

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  Hardcover
  1991

  $3.25

  Why are we fascinated by a starlit sky? With this single question, Patrick Moore sets out on a journey of exploration and investigation which takes the reader to the edge of the universe and back in a typically unconventional introduction to the subject of astronomy. From accounts of man's earliest star-gazing efforts to the concept of photographing nitrogen geysers on one of Neptune's moons, from an underground observatory in the Black Hills to speculation on the origin of black holes, the reader is offered glimpses of the almost unimaginable variety of the known universe. Whilst principally for the newcomer to astronomy, the book's aim is also to provide enough new information to satisfy the more experienced practitioner.

• Used

  Paperback
  1993

  $3.25

  In this typically unconventional guide to the wonders of astronomy, Patrick Moore takes the reader on a journey of exploration and investigation, to the edge of the universe and back. From accounts of man's earliest star-gazing to the extraordinary nitrogen geysers on one of Neptune's moons, he offers glimpses of the almost unimaginable variety of the known universe. No dry scientific study, the book is written with all the author's enthusiasm and love for his subject and, without being condescending, aims to make even the most difficult concepts easy to understand.