The History of Astronomy

by Heather Couper and Nigel Henbest

Book Overview

Packed with color photographs, this comprehensive reference chronicles the history of astronomy. This extraordinary book traces humans' interaction with the endless wonders of the night sky. The... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1554075378
• ISBN13: 9781554075379
• Release Date: August 2009
• Publisher: Firefly Books
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 3.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 9.5" x 11.4"

Customer Reviews

Entertaining and Excellent Light Reading for All Age Groups

This book is large enough at 10" x 12" to be considered a `coffee table' book. The book features a nice mix of scientific explanation, biographical information, and excellent pictures. The history starts with ancient astronomical structures and Polynesian navigators and continues in a progressive timeline to the 1976 Mars Viking landers and current SETI antennas. The latest Mars rovers and Phoenix lander are not covered. I highly recommend the book for light bedtime reading. As the book isn't too technical, it is suitable for younger readers. At the same time, it provides intriguing enough information to encourage me to search the web for additional details regarding some of the astronomers and topics that are presented.

great book

Gave this as a gift this past Chrristmas and was very well recieved. I paged thru it both before and after I gave it and was very impressed with its history and pictures.