Biography - Levy, David H. (1948-): An article from: ...
 Author: Gale Reference Team Binding: Digital Format: HTML Number Of Pages: 15 Publication Date: 2002-01-01 Release Date: 2007-12-16 [... more]
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Skywatching (Nature Company Guides)
Nice intro to amateur astronomy: I picked this book up practically on a whim from the clearance table at a local bookseller, and was very pleasantly surprised at how good of a book it is after getting it home. It starts with a brief history of [... more]
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Practical Skywatching (Nature Companion Series)
This is a information-packed book: This is a information-packed book. It's divided in nine chapters, but in fact you can see three parts: The first part, with text and a lot of color pictures covers the basics of every subject you can imagine regarding [... more]
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David H. Levy Guide to the Stars
David Levy planesphere: This planesphere is larger than most:28cm diameter. It has just the right amount of detail to be used in the dark with a torch unlike two others that I have tried,one too detailed and one too small. Contellations are clearly drawn [... more]
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David H. Levy's Guide to the Stars
fun: I have nothing else to compare this plainesphere with as this is my first one. This is a very fun and quick way to learn the constellations as well as the most popular Messier objects. On the back of this chart, there are tables and other [... more]
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Skywatching
Nice intro to amateur astronomy: I picked this book up practically on a whim from the clearance table at a local bookseller, and was very pleasantly surprised at how good of a book it is after getting it home. It starts with a brief history of [... more]
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Comets
Amazon.com Review: Comets have long dwelled in our imaginations as harbingers of fortune, good and bad, and this very human interest lies at the heart of the book. Comets, by astronomer and science writer David H. Levy (one of the discoverers of Comet [... more]
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The Ultimate Universe
Book and CDROM a Mismatch: The book by the co-discoverer of the Shoemaker-Levy 9 comet would be appropriate for a middle school or early high school student. At that level it would be a good introduction to astronomy. Those above that educational level [... more]
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David Levy's Guide to Observing Meteor Showers
Book Description: In this step-by-step guide David Levy encourages readers to go outside and witness meteors and meteor showers for themselves. Any necessary science is explained simply and clearly. This is a perfect introduction to observing meteors, [... more]
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Star Trails: 50 Favorite Columns from Sky & Telescope
Beautiful and useful: This is a gorgeous little book. The guts of the book are 45 sharp, well-reproduced wide-field photos of constellations with constellation lines and art on transparent overlays. Each photo is accompanied by a page of text that [... more]
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Clyde Tombaugh: Discoverer of Planet Pluto (Sky & ...
"They've got his book!": When this book was first published by the University of Arizona Press back in 1991, I happened to be in a small bookstore when in walked Eugene Shoemaker. This was before the names of Shoemaker and Levy had been [... more]
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Observing Comets, Asteroids, Meteors, and the Zodiacal ...
Book Description: When can you see fireballs and who should you contact if you spot one? When is it best to hunt for comets and meteors and whereabouts? How do you gauge the size of the coma in the head of a comet and estimate its degree of condensation? [... more]
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