“With this highly readable and cosmically accessible book, Alan Hirshfeld has done for the measurement of the cosmos what Dava Sobel did for the measurement of longitude. . . . Readers will never agai
Many of us know little more about Archimedes (287-212 B.C.) than his famous exclamation of "Eureka!" upon discovering that the spillage of water produced by an immersed object reveals the o
Many of us know little more about Archimedes (287-212 B.C.) than that he famously leaped from his bathtub and exclaimed "Eureka!" upon discovering that the spillage of water produced by an immersed o
Hirshfeld's Astronomy Activity and Laboratory Manual is a collection of twenty classroom-based exercises that provide an active-learning approach to mastering and comprehending key elements of astrono
Lively, well-illustrated history of measuring the distance to the stars features fascinating historical characters, from ancient Greeks to 19th-century scientists. Will appeal to general readers and a
Hirshfeld (physics, U. of Massachusetts-Dartmouth) does not quibble with the storybook version of Faraday (1791-1867) as a poor, unschooled bookbinder's apprentice who through sheer gumption and timel
Through a series of twenty in-class, modestly mathematical, paper-and-pencil activities, students review the epic advancement of astronomical thought, from the rudimentary observations of prehistoric
This compendium summarizes the astronomical data for all stars brighter than 8.0. For every object listed, it includes designations from the HD (Henry Draper) and SAO (Smithsonian Astrophysical Obser
