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Star-Craving Mad : Tales from a Travelling Astronomer.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Sydney : Allen & Unwin, 2013Copyright date: ©2013Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (354 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781743433720
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Star-Craving MadDDC classification:
  • 520
LOC classification:
  • QB44 .W387 2014
Online resources:
Contents:
Front cover -- Half-title page -- Title page -- Imprint page -- Dedication -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- 1 Interplanetary travellers. Journeys through pace and time -- 2 Here Come the Ubernerds. Planets, Pluto and Prague -- 3 Unlucky for some. Peru's ancient skywatchers -- 4 Stargazers behaving badly. Astronomy's controversial awakening -- 5 Terribly British. Heroes of the Age of Reason -- 6 Tools of the trade. Positivism to photonics -- 7 Home Truths. Digging up the ruins of our Galaxy -- 8 A matter of some gravity. Straight talking on curved space -- 9 Greening the Universe. Towards sustainable space science -- 10 Dark Secrets. Astronomy's big questions -- 11 Get a life. Microbes and multiverses -- 12 The ultimate journey. Science's deepest realities -- Epilogue -- Further Reading -- Index -- Picture section.
Summary: A journey through time and space with Australia's best known astronomer, Fred Watson.
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Front cover -- Half-title page -- Title page -- Imprint page -- Dedication -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- 1 Interplanetary travellers. Journeys through pace and time -- 2 Here Come the Ubernerds. Planets, Pluto and Prague -- 3 Unlucky for some. Peru's ancient skywatchers -- 4 Stargazers behaving badly. Astronomy's controversial awakening -- 5 Terribly British. Heroes of the Age of Reason -- 6 Tools of the trade. Positivism to photonics -- 7 Home Truths. Digging up the ruins of our Galaxy -- 8 A matter of some gravity. Straight talking on curved space -- 9 Greening the Universe. Towards sustainable space science -- 10 Dark Secrets. Astronomy's big questions -- 11 Get a life. Microbes and multiverses -- 12 The ultimate journey. Science's deepest realities -- Epilogue -- Further Reading -- Index -- Picture section.

A journey through time and space with Australia's best known astronomer, Fred Watson.

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