The Astronomical Scrapbook: Skywatchers, Pioneers and Seekers in Astronomy

by Joseph Ashbrook

This collection of 83 articles on the history of astronomy is the harvest of a quarter of a century spent in seeking out intriguing, unusual and half-forgotten events. Joe Ashbrook wrote a column... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521300452
• ISBN13: 9780521300452
• Release Date: January 1985
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 384 Pages
• Weight: 1.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.0" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

A Wonderful Collection

Some of you may be subscribers to Sky and Telescope magazine.As a reader of that magazine in the 1960s and 1970s, I recallthe anticipation with which I turned to Joseph Ashbrook'sAstronomical Scrapbook articles when one appeared every coupleof months. The fun of those articles awaits the reader of thisbook. Ashbrook's interests were varied, occasionallyidiosyncratic. His breadth of knowledge on the history ofastronomy was extraordinary. Many of the articles gatheredin this collection are gems, all are worth reading.

A fine overview of the history of people in astronomy

I would recommend this book. It satifies in short bits by the telling of many different lives and how they approached the matter of astronomy. The approaches vary with different personalities as well as the changing technological advances with time. Historical summary and very readable.

An extraordinary book filled with fascinating information

The Astronomical Scrapbook was written by my grandfather, Joseph Ashbrook.It is a collection of some of his most memorable articles from the popular magazine Sky and Telescope,of which he was editor. It is filled with fascinating bits of information on the lives and discoveries of some of the most famous astronomers ever. This book is a wonderful choice for anyone interested in astronomy, and I hope you will enjoy it as much as I did.