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Title: The Stars : A New Way to See Them by H. A. Rey ISBN: 0-395-24830-2 Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Co Pub. Date: 18 November, 1976 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $11.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 5 (34 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Not just a kid's book...great for all beginning stargazers!
Comment: H. A. Rey is best known for his "Curious George" stories, but he was a scientist by profession and he also wrote two books on stargazing for children. If you have a child who is interested in the stars, this book is delightful and highly readable. And if YOU are interested in the stars, dont hesitate to get it for yourself! Rey has a unique way of showing the constellations: he actually went through the trouble of drawing lines between the stars of a constellation to form a meaningful picture - so Gemini (the twins) actually looks like a pair of twins, Cetus (the whale) looks like a whale, and so forth. A word of warning: to form these pictures, Rey often had to rely on dim stars. Don't expect to see them from the city! Access to a dark country sky is essential to get the most out of this book. That said, "The Stars" makes the mastery of stargazing accessible and fun for children and adults alike.
Rating: 5
Summary: The finest introductory work on Astronomy in print
Comment: I found this book in a library as a young child in 1978. After renewing it as many times as I could, my mother bought me a copy. This book started a lifetime love of observational Astronomy that continues to this day. I still have that very book now--it is worn, marked, ripped, and the cover has fallen off--but it is still a book that I pull out from time to time.
Rey's method of teaching Astronomy is to keep things as simple and basic as possible. If all you want to do is recognize the constellations in the sky and know when to see them, then you read the first three chapters. If you want to learn a bit more about celestial mechanics, then you read further. You learn as much as you want to. Rey's outlines of the constellations are innovative in that that really LOOK like what the constellations are supposed to represent. The first time I used this book to find constellations (at age eight) I was able to pick out a few even in the light polluted skies of the SF Bay Area.
The only criticism that I have for this book (which only popped up when I reached adulthood) is that in order to draw some of his realistic outlines of the constellations, Rey needed to incorporate a number of faint stars that can only be seen in areas that have very dark skies at night. Under such conditions there are so many stars peppering the heavens (that are not on Rey's charts) that an amateur could be overwhelmed and get lost. Despite this quibbling, I still consider this book to be the best introductory work on Astronomy around, no matter what age the reader. I've seen lots of other "Astronomy 101" books--some are good, some are great, but after 50 years of being in print, "The Stars" has yet to be beat.
Rating: 5
Summary: The best book ever on Stargazing
Comment: This is my first book I ever read on stargazing but it feels like I know the stars since ages. The format is very simple, organized and interesting. The author assumes no prior knowledge and goes on to explain the cosmos in a very very simple language.
I just love it and am going to recommend this to whoever is interested in Stargazing...the first and the best book on the subject.
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Title: Find the Constellations by H. A. Rey ISBN: 0395244188 Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Co Pub. Date: 15 March, 1976 List Price(USD): $9.95 |
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Title: Glow-In-The-Dark Constellations: A Field Guide for Young Stargazers by C. E. Thompson, Randy Chewning ISBN: 0448412535 Publisher: Grosset & Dunlap Pub. Date: January, 1999 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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Title: Nightwatch: A Practical Guide to Viewing the Universe by Terence Dickinson ISBN: 1552093026 Publisher: Firefly Books Pub. Date: November, 1998 List Price(USD): $29.95 |
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Title: Exploring the Night Sky: The Equinox Astronomy Guide for Beginners by Terrence Dickinson, Terence Dickinson, John Bianchi ISBN: 0920656668 Publisher: Firefly Books (J) Pub. Date: February, 1987 List Price(USD): $9.95 |
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Title: A Walk through the Heavens : A Guide to Stars and Constellations and their Legends by Milton D. Heifetz, Wil Tirion ISBN: 0521625130 Publisher: Cambridge University Press Pub. Date: 13 February, 1998 List Price(USD): $10.00 |
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