COSMIC ESSAYS
A collection of popular essays on astronomy, written to mark the International
Year of Astronomy 2009
by John Hearnshaw,
The
COSMIC ESSAYS
A new book by John
Hearnshaw
Cosmic
Essays – a collection of 53 popular essays in astronomy, written to celebrate
the International Year of Astronomy 2009, and originally published electronically
as the Cosmic Diary as a cornerstone project of IYA2009.
The 53
essays cover a wide variety of topics. The project was conceived to portray the
lives of professional astronomers during 2009. The articles in Cosmic Essays
include topics such as:
·
Mt
·
The
search for extrasolar planets
·
The
history of astronomy
·
Astronomy
in developing countries (such as
·
Observatories
in remote corners of the world (including those in
·
Astronomical
libraries
·
Astronomical
spectrographs
·
Astronomy
and society (including astro-publishing and the relationship between astronomy
and the economy)
·
Famous
astronomers of the twentieth century
·
Astronomical
conferences
·
The
Starlight Reserve Initiative
and many
more!
The book
is richly illustrated with over 150 full colour illustrations. pp 105 + vi
Cosmic
Essays is published by the author, who is Professor of Astronomy at the
University of Canterbury, New Zealand. Published May 2010.
See
www2.phys.canterbury.ac.nz/~jhe25/CosmicEssays/COSMIC_ESSAYS.htm
To order a
copy, email john.hearnshaw@canterbury.ac.nz and include your name and mailing
address. Or go to ORDER FORM
( http://www2.phys.canterbury.ac.nz/~jhe25/CosmicEssays/COSMIC_ESSAYS_order.htm
)
Price
$NZ25.00. Packaging and postage $5 in