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Can I read A Walk Through the Southern Sky : A Guide to Stars and Constellations and Their Legends on EtoBox?
A Walk Through the Southern Sky : A Guide to Stars and Constellations and Their Legends by Milton D. Heifetz & Will Tirion is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.
What is A Walk Through the Southern Sky : A Guide to Stars and Constellations and Their Legends about?
What star is that? Where is the Southern Cross? Who was Orion? This book answers these questions and many more. Its unique simplified maps make it easy to find the constellations in the southern hemisphere skies, and the stars within them. Clear instructions guide the user on how to gauge sizes and distances, and move easily between constellations. This new edition has been updated with additional mythology information, and a list of the planet positions up to 2016. The ancient myths and legends of the sky are retold to add to the mystery of the stars. Of value to all ages, this book introduces the patterns of the starry skies in a memorable way. No equipment is needed to use this practical guide: apart from normal sight and clear skies. Magically illustrated, this is an ideal introduction to launch the young astronomer on a journey across the starlit skies.
Who reads A Walk Through the Southern Sky : A Guide to Stars and Constellations and Their Legends?
It is typically read by self-directed learners exploring a subject in depth.
Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- Milton D. Heifetz & Will Tirion
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press (Virtual Publishing)
- Published
- 2007
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780511284762
- Category
- nonfiction
- Subjects
- Science, Nature, Astronomy
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