Making a Clock-Accurate Sundial Customized to Your ...
 NOT clock-accurate sundials: This book describes making a simple horizontal sun-dial with a angled gnomon (the shadow casting thingy). For "clock-accuracy" you have to look up an error offset in a chart. The "equation of time" is not [... more]
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Instant Guide to Stars and Planets
Great Compact Guide: I was looking for something compact that I could fit in a pocket for those evenings when we would go out for meteor showers. I really helps pass the time to learn about the constellations, the layout was clear and the explanations [... more]
$3.99
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Magic Tree House Research Guide #6: Space: A Nonfiction ...
Not a fan of the Big Bang Theory: My kids love these research guide books from Magic Tree House writers but this one was a disappointment. One whole chapter was devoted to the big bang theory which we personally don't believe in. They should have skipped [... more]
$4.99
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Exploring the Night Sky: The Equinox Astronomy Guide for ...
Christians Beware - Big Bang theory & ET fantasy: I bought this for our science homeschool since it had a children's award and we just got a telescope. I was disappointed that the first page covers the Big Bang theory - an explosion formed the sun [... more]
$9.95
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Cosmos
Amazon.com Review: Cosmos was the first science TV blockbuster, and Carl Sagan was its (human) star. By the time of Sagan's death in 1996, the series had been seen by half a billion people; Sagan was perhaps the best-known scientist on the planet. [... more]
$7.99
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Sundials: Their Theory and Construction
Overall the best available sundial text.: I have read and viewed the major English language texts on Sundials. These being 1.Waugh, 2. Mayall & Mayall, and 3. Rohr. The Waugh text has good, mostly clear, intructions and gives both graphical and [... more]
$9.95
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Easy-to-Make Wooden Sundials
One of the better short sundial books: This is not an advanced or comprehensive sundial theory book, but it does have a good mix of simple, practical projects mixed with a little theory. I would give this as a first book to anyone who is interested in [... more]
$6.95
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Megaliths, Myths and Men: An Introduction to ...
overview: Very enjoyable overview of archaeo-astronomy. Brown neatly debunks the lunatic fringe, reveals some of the unsung heroes of the field, and provides a clear summary of current ideas for the lay person. Megaliths,Myths and Men: Author presents [... more]
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Einstein's Universe
Relativity Made Easy!: For a long time I've desired an understanding of relativity. Having just finished this book, I have achieved my goal -- without struggling with impossible equations. Thank you, Nigel Calder. Due to the complex subject, this book [... more]
$7.99
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The Friendly Stars
A star among stars: I came across this little paperback in a sailing store in Sausalito and had to buy it. The original edition was published in 1907. How often do you see books from that era reprinted in 1964 and still available nearly a century later? [... more]
$7.95
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Contact
Amazon.com Review: It is December 1999, the dawn of the millennium, and a team of international scientists is poised for the most fantastic adventure in human history. After years of scanning the galaxy for signs of somebody or something else, this team [... more]
$7.99
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Astronomy (Cliffs Quick Review)
Astronomy review: Although it covers the topic well, unlike other entries in the Quick Review series, it does NOT have start of chapter goals ('Chapter Check-In'), end of chapter questions ('Chapter Checkout'), end of book review test ('CQR Review'), a [... more]
$9.99
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