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Informationen zum Autor Jacqueline Mitton's interest in astronomy began when she was a small child and she had her first telescope as a teenager. She graduated from the University of Oxford with a degree in physics, then obtained her PhD in astronomy at the University of Cambridge. In 1989 she became the Press Officer of the Royal Astronomical Society. She is the author or co-author of 16 astronomy books published since 1978, and writes for both children and adults. Her recent books include The Scholastic Encyclopedia of Space (with Simon Mitton, 1999), Pluto and Charon (with Alan Stern, Wiley, 1997 & 1999) and Zoo in the Sky (National Geographic, 1998). Klappentext Held up by heliopause? Floored by the flatness problem? Never be defeated again by astro-jargon! as this edition defines over 3!000 words! names! and abbreviations used in modern and classic astronomy. Illustrations. Zusammenfassung Anyone involved with astronomy! either professionally or as a leisure interest! will find this dictionary a handy and invaluable reference book. Over 3!000 words! names and abbreviations are explained clearly and concisely in a style that is authoritative but accessible! covering specialist terms! constellations! planets! observatories! spacecraft and much more. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface; The dictionary; Further reading; Tables.
