The Astronomers

by Donald Goldsmith

This book offers a view into the lives of the astronomers who perform the research that yields discoveries. It does not aim at encyclopedic coverage of the world of astronomy, but it does attempt to present the high points of recent discoveries in astronomy, as well as to forecast some of the discoveries expected in the near future.

Genres: Astronomy, Science

332 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1991

About the author

Donald Goldsmith is an astrophysicist, popular science author and screenwriter. He is the president of Interstellar Media. He is also the winner of the 1995 American Astronomical Society's Annenberg Foundation Award for Education and the Klumpke-Roberts Prize for his contributions to the public understanding of astronomy.

He received his Ph.D. in astronomy from the University of California, Berkeley in 1969.He taught at Stony Brook University before becoming a full-time popularizer, and has written, co-written, or edited a number of popular science books.

His book "Origins," co-written with Neil Tyson, was the companion volume to the four-hour PBS series with the same title. Dr. Goldsmith worked on Carl Sagan's "COSMOS" series, and on Neil Tyson's series of the same name, and was the science editor and co-writer of the six-part PBS series "THE ASTRONOMERS." He has written many popular articles for journals such as Scientific American, Natural History, Discover, and Astronomy.

Reviews

[Gaurav Chaturvedi · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book contains everything a newbie would like to know about astronomy.

[Tim Robishaw]

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