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Star-Craving Mad: Tales from a Travelling Astronomer
Fred Watson
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Description for Star-Craving Mad: Tales from a Travelling Astronomer
Paperback. A journey through time and space with Australia's best known astronomer. Num Pages: 348 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JFSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 135 x 200 x 27. Weight in Grams: 321.
Fred Watson knows all about the madness that drives people to understand the Universe and unlock its secrets.
Now you can join Australia's best-known astronomer on a unique tour to unravel the mysteries of space and time. Take in primitive observatories in ancient Peru and the world's largest atom-smasher in modern-day Switzerland. See Pluto demoted from planetary status. Go behind headlines to find the truth about the Transit of Venus and the Higgs Boson. Meet some of science's most colourful characters.
In this light-hearted, informative and engaging book, Fred travels to some of those far-flung destinations as he ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Allen & Unwin
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
Number of Pages
348
Place of Publication
St Leonards, Australia
ISBN
9781742373768
SKU
V9781742373768
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99-10
About Fred Watson
Professor Fred Watson is astronomer in charge of the Anglo-Australian Observatory at Coonabarabran. Fred has an asteroid named after him but says that if it hits the Earth it won't be his fault...
Reviews for Star-Craving Mad: Tales from a Travelling Astronomer
Watson enlists the aid of some of the planet's coolest gadgets, with the results as illuminating as those endlessly rotating twinkles above us.
Wanderlust
For the interested layman, budding student, and many others, this book will be an inspiration; I found it fun and a wonderful read.
The Observatory
An entertaining journey around the universe.
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Wanderlust
For the interested layman, budding student, and many others, this book will be an inspiration; I found it fun and a wonderful read.
The Observatory
An entertaining journey around the universe.
... Read more