Easy PC Astronomy [Paperback]

Peter Duffett-Smith (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0521560527 | ISBN-13: 978-0521560528 | Publication Date: November 28, 1996 | Edition: Pap/Dskt

Easy PC Astronomy is the perfect book for everyone who wants to make easy and accurate astronomical calculations. The author supplies a simple but powerful script language called AstroScript on a disk, ready to use on any IBM PC-type computer. Equipped with this software, readers can compute complex but interesting astronomical results within minutes: from the time of moonrise or moonset anywhere in the world on any date, to the display of a lunar or solar eclipse on the computer screen--all within a few minutes of opening the book! The Sky Graphics feature of the software displays a detailed image of the sky as seen from any point on earth--at any time in the future or past--showing the constellations, planets, and a host of other features. Readers need no expert knowledge of astronomy, math or programming; the author provides full details of the calculations and formulas, which the reader can absorb or ignore as desired, and a comprehensive glossary of astronomical terms. Easy PC Astronomy is of immediate practical use to beginning and advanced amateur astronomers, students at all levels, science teachers, and research astronomers. Peter Duffett-Smith is at the Cavendish Laboratory of the University of Cambridge and is the author of Astronomy with Your Personal Computer (Cambridge University Press, 1990) and Practical Astronomy with Your Calculator (Cambridge University Press, 1989).

Editorial Reviews

Review

'Duffett-Smith's book and diskette are to be very highly recommended in this competitive market to serious students particularly.' Irish Astronomical Journal

'... an interesting addition to the astronomical computing library ... it addresses (its objectives) successfully and with authority.' Patrick Wallace, The Observatory

Book Description

Easy PC Astronomy is the book for all those who want to make astronomical calculations easily and accurately. A simple but powerful script language called AstroScript is provided on a disk with the book, ready to use on any IBM PC-type computer. Equipped with this the user can make complex calculations within minutes, with no expert knowledge of astronomy, maths or computer-programming. The Sky Graphics facility displays a detailed image of the sky as seen from any point on earth, at any time in the future or past (showing the constellations, planets, and a host of other features), and updated minute by minute, if desired. Full details of the calculations (and formulae) are provided in the book, together with a comprehensive glossary of astronomical terms. Easy PC Astronomy is of immediate practical use to amateur astronomers (from novice to advanced), students (in high school or University), science teachers and research astronomers.

Product Details

• Paperback: 166 pages
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press; Pap/Dskt edition (November 28, 1996)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0521560527
• ISBN-13: 978-0521560528
• Product Dimensions: 9.8 x 6.9 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 11.7 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #788,762 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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