A Question and Answer Guide to Astronomy

✍ Scribed by Pierre-Yves Bely, Carol Christian, Jean-René Roy

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Year: 2010
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 296
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Amazon has done a disservice to those of us that bought this book to see the colorful illustrations in the iPad and iPhone. All color has been stripped.
Many figures rely on color differentiation to describe and explain the content. The color should have been retained, since now the kindle books can be read on many devices, including computers, that provide color. Otherwise, the book description in amazon should provide a disclaimer.
I do have another kindle book that I can read in color on the phone, PC and iPad, so it is not a rule that all kindle books are intrinsically black and white.

✦ Table of Contents

Cover......Page 1
A Question and Answer Guide to
Astronomy......Page 4
Contents......Page 6
Preface......Page 14
Stars......Page 16
The Solar System......Page 51
The Earth......Page 87
The Moon......Page 110
Celestial phenomena......Page 126
The Universe......Page 136
Life in the Universe......Page 188
History of astronomy......Page 208
Telescopes......Page 224
Amateur astronomy......Page 265
Unit conversion and basic physical and astronomical measurements......Page 279
References......Page 280
Bibliography......Page 282
Index......Page 286