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Binding: Hardcover
Dewey Decimal Number: 520.3
EAN: 9781552977972
ISBN: 1552977978
Label: Firefly Books
Manufacturer: Firefly Books
Number Of Items: 1
Book Pages: 472
Publication Date: 2004-09-04
Publisher: Firefly Books
Studio: Firefly Books

An extensive astronomy reference, beautifully illustrated and expertly written.

The Firefly Encyclopedia of Astronomy is organized A-Z with concise details on each topic. The pages are profusely illustrated with vivid computer graphics, photography and archival images. Included are accessible contributions by 650 world-leading astronomers covering:

• History from the Big Bang to present
• Famous astronomer bios
• Key space missions since the launch of Sputnik
• The work of observatories worldwide.

"Backyard stargazing is a lot more fun when you understand what you're looking at. The Orion Nebula is pretty in any telescope, but the view is all the more inspiring when you know that the light you're seeing left the nebula as the Roman Empire fell and that new stars are continually forming from the glowing gas.

"It's appropriate that professionals and amateurs should come together to produce such a work, because at the dawn of the twenty-first century the line between the two communities is becoming blurred. Technology is putting state-of-the-art capabilities into the hands of backyard observers, many of whom are now collaborating with professionals to study phenomena as diverse as Martian dust storms and bursts of energetic radiation from distant galaxies.

"Wherever your astronomical interests take you, this encyclopedia will be a welcome and valuable companion."

Rick Fienberg
Editor-in-Chief of Sky and Telescope magazine

(20041201)

Customer Rating:
Review Summary: photo-filled intro to amateur astronomy
Review: 1,750 entries, 350 color photos and 35 essays written by experts

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Customer Rating:
Review Summary: Great Astronomy Resource
Review: A wonderful astronomy resource. Has informative articles written by amateurs smattered throughout -- in just the right amounts and at just the right places. Similar to my "The Universal Book of Astronomy : From the Andromeda Galaxy to the Zone of Avoidance" book, but with more depth to most definitions. Many full color illustrations and photos. The only thing I don't like in the Firefly one better than the "The Universal Book of Astronomy : From the Andromeda Galaxy to the Zone of Avoidance" book is that this book doesn't list out the stars of each constellations with distances like the Universal Book does. The only solution -- buy both! :)

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