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16 of 18 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
This book has everything you would want to know.
This book is state of the art in information. It can answer any possible question you can ask about astronomy. It is a thick heavy hard covered book. I spent two hours just reading the captions of over 500 pictures and learned things I never thought about. Get it.
Published on December 26, 2002 by James Judson Peebles Jr.
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12 of 17 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars
Beautiful book, but full of errors
Oxford University Press has published a visually spectacular and comprehensive astronomy encyclopedia for the lay-person. They have made liberal use of recent Hubble Space Telescope images to produce a truly beautiful book. However, the number of errors ranging from mistaken numbers, to misattributed photographs, to confused sentences is surprising. Perhaps a second...
Published on April 22, 2003 by A. R. Mccleary
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16 of 18 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
This book has everything you would want to know.,
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This review is from: The Astronomy Encyclopedia (Hardcover)
This book is state of the art in information. It can answer any possible question you can ask about astronomy. It is a thick heavy hard covered book. I spent two hours just reading the captions of over 500 pictures and learned things I never thought about. Get it.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Very Comprehensive Book,
By Dave Tyler "AstroTyler" (WI USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The Astronomy Encyclopedia (Hardcover)
A great reference book for anyone's home library. Beautifully illustrated and well indexed subject matter. Found only a few less than obvious errors and understandably a little out-of-date but given its broadly covered topical nature and huge page content it is a magnificent collaborative production. A very handy reference for teachers or anyone with an interest in astronomy.
12 of 17 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars
Beautiful book, but full of errors,
By A. R. Mccleary (Seattle, WA USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The Astronomy Encyclopedia (Hardcover)
Oxford University Press has published a visually spectacular and comprehensive astronomy encyclopedia for the lay-person. They have made liberal use of recent Hubble Space Telescope images to produce a truly beautiful book. However, the number of errors ranging from mistaken numbers, to misattributed photographs, to confused sentences is surprising. Perhaps a second edition will clean up these problems.
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The Astronomy Encyclopedia by Patrick Moore (Hardcover - June 15, 2002)
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