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Title: The Complete Idiot's Guide to Astronomy (2nd Edition) by Christopher G. De Pree, Alan Axelrod ISBN: 0-02-864198-1 Publisher: Penguin Putnam Pub. Date: 09 July, 2001 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $18.95

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Average Customer Rating: 4.67 (6 reviews)

Rating: 5
Summary: One of the Easiest Guides to Amateur Astronomy
Comment: I own dozens of amateur astronomy books. Almost all of them are "hard." Why are they so difficult? They are difficult to the beginning amateur because most writers of these books are professional astronomers or physicists: pros who seem to get carried away with irrelevant points during the writing of these guides. I could see this every time I looked in many of the books: too much talk about the celestial sphere, page after page of mythology, endless telescope diagrams, famous science battles, mind-numbing physics, & so on. The meat of the matter was lost.

Not so with this book. De Pree & Axelrod - two pros - finally got it right. The Complete Idiot's Guide to Astronomy is different from all the rest. Snappily-written, fun, & easy to understand, this guide sticks to all the important points of amateur astronomy. This book really respects the amateur astronomer. It has been in my library for about 5 years, & I return to it frequently.

Buy this book if you want to painlessly learn amateur astronomy. You won't be disappointed.

Rating: 5
Summary: Simply Marvelous
Comment: There is truly a great wealth of information in this book, ranging from a "history" of astronomy profiling the great astronomers of the past and their accomplishments, to what kinds of things (stars, planets, etc) you should search for in the sky, the kind of telescope you should buy (if you are so inclined), along with information about our moon, our solar system and beyond. Also included is information about the different kinds of stars out there (everything from "white dwarves" to "red giants"), how the universe was created and how many other potential universe there are "out there." Particularly interesting to me were the descriptions of the various planets and also how "black holes" get formed.

The book's appendices also contain a wealth of information, a list of upcoming solar and lunar eclipses, a list of constellations, and other sources of information. Anyone with an interest in astronomy, be it an "amateur astronomer" setting up his telescope to search the skies or a lay person like me who wonders what other worlds are like will enjoy this book.

Rating: 5
Summary: Broad in Scope.
Comment: This book could be called the "Swiss Army Knife" of Astronomy
books. Rich, complete. Has much to offer the novice and pro alike.
From the History of Astronomy and its many essentric
players, to the use of todays powerful Radio telescopes.
This is not a dry Technical manual but a book packed with all
the words and tools of modern Astronomy, liberally
sprinkled with humor and trivia. Want to know who what when and
where? Or how far, how big and how hot? When I have a question
this is the book I reach for. From backyard to Hubble, its all in
here. Chris DePree's love of Astronomy
(and teaching it!) shows in this wonderful book. Cudos!

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