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Astronomy 101: From the Sun and Moon to Wormholes and Warp Drive, Key Theories, Discoveries, and Facts about the Universe
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About Astronomy 101: From The Sun And Moon To Wormholes
Product Description Explore the curiosities of the cosmos in this engaging book! Too often, textbooks go into more detail than readers have in mind when they want to learn a little something about astronomy. This is where Astronomy 101 comes in. It takes you out to the stars and planets and galaxies and discusses some of the latest Big Astronomy discoveries while presenting the basic facts about astronomy and space. From the Big Bang and nebulae to the Milky Way and Sir Isaac Newton, this celestial primer is packed with hundreds of fascinating and entertaining astronomy charts and photographs selected to guide you through the universe. Whether you're looking to unravel the mystery behind black holes, or just want to learn more about your favorite planets, Astronomy 101 has a LOT of answers--even the ones you didn't know you were looking for. From the Author I've been studying and writing about astronomy most of my life. It's a wonderful science -- a gateway to so many other sciences -- and to the universe itself! I've written several books about astronomy as well as countless articles in newspapers and magazines. Astronomy keeps supplying me with great material to cover and I do my best to distill that firehose of knowledge for my readers. Astronomy 101 was designed by the publishers to give readers a small taste of a variety of topics in astronomy. Got a few minutes to take a break? Pick up Astronomy 101 and read a thousand words on Mars, or black holes, or extraterrestrial life, or learn about how a famous astronomer did her work. Astronomy 101 isn't a big textbook -- it's a smorgasbord of knowledge about the stars, planets, galaxies, and the universe. If something piques your interest, there are links to books and online sources for you to pursue. I hope that you find at least one new thing in Astronomy 101 that you didn't know, and that it will let you look up at the starry skies with a new sense of wonder. About the Author Carolyn Petersen is an award-winning science writer, science documentary producer, and CEO of Loch Ness Productions. She has several astronomy and planetary science books to her credit. Her work has appeared in planetarium and fulldome theaters around the world, on Yahoo! News, MIT's Tech Talk, the Radcliffe Quarterly, Sky & Telescope magazine, Astronomy magazine, Astrocast.tv, and StarDate magazine. Her most recent project is a collaboration with the International Dark-Sky Association called Losing the Dark. In the past few years, she has worked on several high-profile astronomy outreach projects. She wrote and co-produced a podcast series titled Space Weather FX for a NASA-funded MIT Haystack Observatory project, served an exhibit writer for for NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory's Visitor's Center,, authored an exhibit on climate change for the California Academy of Sciences, and was the senior exhibit writer for the Griffith Observatory in Los Angeles.
