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050 00 $aQB43.2$b.M66 1992
082 00 $a520$220
100 1 $aMoore, Patrick.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79082203
245 10 $aFireside astronomy :$ban anecdotal tour through the history and lore of astronomy /$cPatrick Moore.
260 $aChichester [England] ;$aNew York :$bWiley,$c[1992], ©1992.
300 $axii, 212 pages :$billustrations (some color) ;$c26 cm
336 $atext$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$2rdamedia
338 $avolume$2rdacarrier
500 $aIncludes index.
520 8 $aFully illustrated throughout in colour and black and white, Fireside Astronomy will make a worthy companion for the enthusiast on many a clear or cloudy night. It includes the most recent developments, discoveries and missions - from the Hubble Space Telescope to the Halley's Comet fly-by!.
520 8 $aWhere is the Sea of Serenity? When is a star not a star? How should you greet an alien? The answers to these questions and many more can be found inside. Sometimes bizarre, always entertaining, Fireside Astronomy will both enlighten and inspire.
520 $aCelebrated astronomer and television presenter Patrick Moore leads you through the realms of astronomy and space in his own unique style. With more than one-hundred informative and entertaining essays, the anecdotal nature of each one makes this book easy to dip into at random.
505 0 $a1. A Recipe from Copernicus -- 2. The Strangest Planet -- 3. Down among the Penguins -- 4. The Guzman Prize -- 5. The Hubble Telescope: Failure or Success? -- 6. Planets of Other Stars -- 7. Scandinavia's New Telescope -- 8. A Look Back to 1833 -- 9. Ring Round the Earth? -- 10. How Big are the Moon's Seas? -- 11. Keck: the World's Most Powerful Telescope -- 12. Brown Dwarfs -- 13. A Near Miss in Space -- 14. Some Oddities -- 15. Sunquakes -- 16. Goodbye, Solar Max! -- 17. Danger from Chiron -- 18. Tinkering with Time -- 19. The Case of the Killer Tomatoes -- 20. Celestial Crosses -- 21. The First Map of Venus -- 22. Water on the Moon? -- 23. In the Octagon Room -- 24. Green Stars -- 25. Doomsday, 1712 -- 26. The Oldest Star Map -- 27. The Strange Nova Muscae -- 28. Do You Want a Bet? -- 29. Trouble at Woomera -- 30. The Swedish Sun -- 31. Black Hole in the Earth? -- 32. X-rays from the Moon -- 33. Faster than Light -- 34. Insects on the Moon -- 35. Farewell to the Castle.
505 8 $a36. Black Holes and Blue Stragglers -- 37. The Great Wall - from the Moon -- 38. The Doomed Satellite -- 39. The Hunt for Phobos 1 -- 40. Comets and Gamma-rays -- 41. Astronomical Tables - 104,000[pounds]!
650 0 $aAstronomy.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85009003
852 00 $boff,sci$hQB43.2$i.M66 1992