Complete Idiot's Guide to the Sun

by Jay M. Pasachoff

Everything revolves around it...and now skywatchers and armchair scientists can learn all about the origin and history of the sun. With information on the sun's physical properties; how solar flares, sunspots, and winds on its surface affect Earth's atmosphere and environment; solar and lunar eclipses, transits, and occultations, and early astronomers' discoveries about the sun, including Galileo, Copernicus, Francis Bailey, and the Mayans.

Genres: Science, Nonfiction

368 pages, Paperback

First published August 5, 2003

Reviews

[William Schram · Rating 3 out of 5]

Before delving into this book, I thought I knew a lot about the Sun. After reading this book, I realized that I was correct to some extent. "The Complete Idiot's Guide to The Sun" is a book on the Sun. It is from 2003, so the book is a bit old. It talks about Solar Eclipse chasers and many other things.

So this is a helpful introduction to our friendly, neighboring star. It talks about the history of the Sun and how we viewed it over the years. Although I say that, you shouldn't look at the Sun. The book makes that very clear. We use the light of the Sun to tell us about it, much like how we use tools and instruments to examine our bodies.

The book was okay. It is chock full of little bits of trivia and other fun bits of info. Thanks for reading my review, and see you next time.