Making & Enjoying Telescopes: 6 Complete Projects & A Stargazer's Guide - Softcover

Miller, Robert; Wilson, Kenneth

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0806912782 ISBN 13: 9780806912783

Publisher: Sterling, 1997

Synopsis

"...follows a logical path through topics of safety, construction, sky coordinates, and, finally, design....Plans for each telescope are illustrated with both line drawings and photographs...procedures are laid out in an easy-to-follow technique...includes a rich gallery of illustrated telescopes that amateurs have built...a welcome addition as a source of ideas...well-written and well-illustrated book. The projects it presents are well within the skill level of a youngster...an asset to any school or public library."--Science Books & Films.

About this title

About the Author:

Ian Wilson was born in London in 1941 and educated at Emanuel School, Wandsworth, and Magdalene College, Oxford, where he graduated in History in 1963. His previous books include The Turin Shroud, which became a worldwide bestseller when published in 1978 and Jesus: The Evidence (1984), a companion to the major three part TV series of the same name and another bestseller. The Blood and the Shroud was published in 1998. His biography of Shakespeare, Shakespeare: The Evidence was published in 1993 and The Bible is History in 1999. All of his books have attracted critical acclaim.

About this edition

• Publisher: Sterling
• Publication date: 1997
• ISBN 10: 0806912782
• ISBN 13: 9780806912783
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 160