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| Book: | Illustrated Guide to Astronomical Wonders | |
| Subject: | Eye Opener | |
| Date: | 2007-12-05 16:44:35 | |
| From: | A.R.Gander | |
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Rating:
The emphasis of this book is indisputably "Guide". Why did'n't some-one do a book like this years ago? It would have saved me a lot of time and money and I would have learned a lot more sooner.The first part of the book is a superb,practical,concise guide to getting started and it is worth a beginner getting the book for this part alone.The bulk of the book is exactly like the title,being as close as you can get to having some-one at your shoulder. Tabular information takes a couple of goes to get into the groove with as this is pure data.Guide charts are superbly uncluttered,taking you comfortably to the target and the illustrations are pretty close to what you will find (regrettably better than we can usually expect to see in the UK). It is difficult to find any adverse comment to make as the authors do achieve what they set out to do. The only real complaint I can make is that the book should be more robustly bound as it will be, or should be, getting a pounding in the field. |
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