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Availability:In StockContributor:Arthur UpgrenPublish date:6/1/2000Pages:320
Languages:EnglishPublisher:Basic BooksISBN-13:9780738203225ISBN-10:073820322XUPC:9780738203225Book Category:Science, NatureBook Subcategory:Space Science, Star ObservationBook Topic:AstronomySize:8.94 x 5.88 x 0.72 inchesWeight:0.418Product ID:SC3ACC45K5
Do you sometimes wonder why the sky at dusk is filled with color, or how the moon controls the tides? Why do stars twinkle and planets don't? Filled with science and lore, with references to myths, legends, and "high" and popular culture, this "naked-eye" guide (no telescope required) demystifies the celestial in accessible, instructive, and entertaining prose.Upgren tells us why werewolves only come out at night and how to find Betelgeuse. He discusses twilight, the seasons and their causes, our solar system, light and darkness, weather, stars and latitude, the moon, light pollution, and the planets. Night Has a Thousand Eyes is the perfect resource for amateur astronomers and meteorologists of all ages who pause to enjoy sunsets and identify constellations on a starry night.
Languages:EnglishPublisher:Basic BooksISBN-13:9780738203225ISBN-10:073820322XUPC:9780738203225Book Category:Science, NatureBook Subcategory:Space Science, Star ObservationBook Topic:AstronomySize:8.94 x 5.88 x 0.72 inchesWeight:0.418Product ID:SC3ACC45K5
Arthur Upgren is Professor of Astronomy at Wesleyan University and has been director of its Van Vleck Observatory. He is the author of Night Has a Thousand Eyes: A Naked-Eye Guide to the Sky, Its Science, and Lore.Jurgen Stock has been on the faculty of Hamburg and Case-Western Reserve Universities. He has also been director of the Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory at La Serena, Chile, as well as founding director of CIDA, the Venezuelan National Observatory at Mérida.
Publisher: Basic Books

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Arthur Upgren

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