Little Book, BIG Universe

A Guide to Exploring Australia's Night Skies

Little Book, BIG Universe
Lisa Harvey-Smith
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NZ$ 5.99
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NZ$ 4.79
Paperback
h198 x 130mm - 96pg
1 Sep 2021 AU
International import eta 7-19 days
9781760762292
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Want to watch spectacular meteors rain down on Earth? Wave to real-life astronauts as they fly overhead? Find your way home using only the Southern Cross? Professor Lisa Harvey-Smith' s easy step-by-step guide to exploring Australia' s night skies is full of mind-blowing facts about our cosmos. You will master time travel and planet hunting, learn how to take amazing photos in the dark and use helpful gadgets to supercharge your new backyard hobby. Sprinkled throughout the pages, First Dog on the Moon' s awesome drawings show the best entertainment in town is found by simply looking up.
Professor Lisa Harvey-Smith is an award-winning astronomer, Australia' s Ambassador for Women in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) and a professor at the University of New South Wales. She is the author of Under the Stars (2019), When Galaxies Collide (2020), The Secret Life of Stars (2020) and Aliens and other Worlds: True tales from our solar system and beyond (October 2021). Lisa is a regular on our screens and was a presenter on ABC TV' s Stargazing Live. She has toured Australia with several live shows - including three featuring Apollo-missions astronauts Buzz Aldrin, Charlie Duke and Gene Cernan - and with her own stage show, When Galaxies Collide. In her spare time, she loves running up mountains in the mud. First Dog on the Moon is an award-winning political cartoonist who has written and illustrated various books and performed live onstage in a number of shows.
Status: Active
ISBN-13: 9781760762292
Published: 1 Sep 2021
Published In: Australia
Imprint: Thames and Hudson (Australia)
Publisher: Thames and Hudson (Australia)
Format: Paperback
Height: 198mm
Width: 130mm
Weight: 300g
Pages: 96

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