Date: Mon, 5 Feb 2001 08:23:50 -0500
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Subject: New from Princeton University Press
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Physics and Astroscience
We are pleased to send you the following information about this
newly published book:
New Paperback
Stars and Planets
Ian Ridpath
Illustrated by Wil Tirion
For sample pages, visit:
http://pup.princeton.edu/titles/7028.html
In this new edition of their classic guide, Ian Ridpath and
Wil Tirion bring the night sky down to earth with brand new
sky charts, diagrams, and photos that enrich the clear,
engaging text. Stars and Planets will delight both latent
astronomers who have yet to touch a telescope and the more
star-savvy who have spent many a night outside craning their
necks behind a lens.
The introduction presents the basics of astronomical
observation while answering such questions as: How did
constellations come to be? Do the stars within them have
anything to do with one another? Do stars really flicker?
Next comes the book's centerpiece: an excellent series of
maps of the night sky from hemisphere to hemisphere, month
to month and, above all, charts showing all 88
constellations, including some 5,000 stars. The text vividly
relates the human history behind each constellation and
notes their most prominent stars while offering sundry
stimulating facts.
The second section focuses on the astrophysics behind stars,
galaxies, the sun, the planets, comets and meteors, and
more. Striking full-color photos, maps, and illustrations
appear on almost every page. The guide concludes with
helpful tips on the optical tools of the trade and on
astrophotography. Astrophysicists and amateur skywatchers
agree that Stars and Planets is simply the most user-
friendly, compact source of celestial information available.
No one should leave home at night without it.
Up-to-date full-color photos and data, including recent
planetary images.
Monthly maps of the night sky as seen from latitudes
throughout the world.
Charts of all 88 constellations, with data and notes on
bright stars and other objects of interest.
Illustrated introduction to stars, nebulae, galaxies, and
the solar system.
Advice on choosing and using binoculars and telescopes.
Ian Ridpath, an amateur astronomer, is an author and
broadcaster on stars and planets for a general audience. He
is the editor of, among other titles, Norton's Star Atlas,
The Oxford Dictionary of Astronomy, and The Monthly Sky
Guide. Wil Tirion is among the world's foremost celestial
photographers and illustrators.
Princeton Field Guides
0-691-08913-2 Paper $19.95 U.S. and L12.95 UK
0-691-08912-4 Cloth $49.50 U.S. and L33.50 UK
408 pages, 142 charts, 95 color photos, 45 figures,
4.5 x 7.5 inches.
For sale only in North America and the Philippines
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