The most comprehensive guide from the top Internet site on the topic.
David Dickinson is an Earth science teacher, freelance science writer, retired USAF veteran and backyard astronomer. He currently writes and ponders the universe as he travels the world with his wife. Fraser Cain is the publisher of Universe Today. He's also the co-host of Astronomy Cast with Dr. Pamela Gay. He lives in Courtenay, British Columbia.
"This guide has something for everyone with even the slightest
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--Alan Boyle, author of The Case for Pluto "The
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--Charles Black, founder of the Space Exploration Network
(SEN) "Even readers who already have a background in amateur
astronomy will murmur 'ah hah' when they encounter the lovely
diagrams in this book. This is the astronomy book that we've always
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--Seth Shostak, senior astronomer at the SETI Institute,
author of Confessions of an Alien Hunter
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