The Wandering Astronomer
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Product details:
- Edition number 1
- Publisher CRC Press
- Date of Publication 1 January 2000
- ISBN 9780750306935
- Binding Hardback
- No. of pages210 pages
- Size 229x152 mm
- Weight 612 g
- Language English 0
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Short description:
Drawing on his vast knowledge and direct experience of most of the key events in astronomy and space exploration during this century, Patrick Moore takes a sideways look at the historical reports and contemporary thought behind a wide range of astronomical topics. The Wandering Astronomer presents his personal accounts of the towering characters of 20th-century astronomy, intriguing facts about puzzling astronomical phenomena, and amusing stories about the quirkier side of astronomy and space exploration. This collection of essays covers everything from the case of vanishing planets to UFOs over Selsey.
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Drawing on his vast knowledge and direct experience of most of the key events in astronomy and space exploration during this century, Patrick Moore takes a sideways look at the historical reports and contemporary thought behind a wide range of astronomical topics. The Wandering Astronomer presents his personal accounts of the towering characters of 20th-century astronomy, intriguing facts about puzzling astronomical phenomena, and amusing stories about the quirkier side of astronomy and space exploration. This collection of essays covers everything from the case of vanishing planets to UFOs over Selsey.
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The Atmosphere of the Moon. The Man Who Discovered a Planet. Moon in Shadow. The Zodiacal Intruder. Fishing Hipparcos Down. The Past and Future Moon. Visitor to the Acres Vallis. Harvest Moons, Wolf Moons and Blue Moons. The Cosmic Zebra. Flying Saucers in Selsey. Gene Shoemaker. The Blackness of Mathilde. Hitch-Hider and Others. Ice on the Moon?. Mira Stella. The Case of the Vanishing Planets. Poetic Moons. A Lightning Decision!. The Strange Case of SS Lacertae. How the Lunar Craters Weren't Formed. The Lonely Brown Dwarf. Sister Marie and Others. To Catch a Comet. Curious Callisto. A year on Icarus. The Lighter Side of Space. Alshain. Names in the Sky. Travel to the Stars?. Ghost Moons. Ripples of Creation. "Des Res" on Mars?. The Edge of the Moon. The Sad Case of Dr Elliott. Fast Lane to Pluto. Life Can Appear but Will it!. Thatcher's Comet. Apocalypse Postponed. The Star in the East. It was in the Papers!. Caribbean Eclipse.
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