Astronomy For Beginners: The Introduction Guide To Space, Cosmos, Galaxies And Celestial Bodies

by Sally R. Ball

Astronomy is inherently more observational rather than an elemental study of science. All measurements are performed at a greater distance from the object of interest, with no control of quantities such as chemical composition, pressure, or temperature. You will also understand the study of the solar system with relation to the gravitational attraction that holds the planets in their elliptical orbits around the sun.

An early study of the universe was done through the naked eyes. This method led to the categorization of the celestial bodies and assigned constellations. Constellation has been a very important navigational tool since the beginning of the world. Various disciplines of Astronomy will also be discussed.

Examples of such disciplines
•Astrophysics
•Galactic astronomy
•Galaxy Formation
•Cosmology
•Astrometry
•Extragalactic astronomy
•Stellar astronomy
•Planetary sciences
•Astrobiology
•Formation of stars

Genres: Astronomy, Science

Kindle Edition

Published May 27, 2019

Reviews

[Van Brewer · Rating 1 out of 5]

End of chapter 1: the “sideways” force is typically called the centrifugal force. Start of chapter 2: author uses “Earth” when they should use “Universe”. The Earth did not have an inflationary period, it had a very long period of accretion (bits of stuff coming together because of gravity.)

I understand the desire to make information accesible to a broader audience, but not to the point of being wrong. I can only assume that this book was cranked out in order to make some money off of Kindle unlimited hits.

Do not recommend.

[Skev · Rating 1 out of 5]

So many errors in this book. Earth the 3rd largest planet? Jupiter the closest planet? Just a couple of gems. It was hard to go more than 2 or 3 paragraphs without finding some factual issue or poor wording. But at least the author got the fact that the Sun is the largest star in our solar system.

[Kaitlyn Bass · Rating 3 out of 5]

3 ⭐️. it seemed like a decent overview of space. it gave me a good idea of things i’d like to learn more about. i’ll be honest tho i listened to it on spotify & i think i somehow listened to it on shuffle because it played all the chapters out of order😔 it didn’t really matter tho so it’s chill

[Matthew Gunn · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great read

This was a good introduction to learning more about space and the galaxy. The information was easy to understand and not daunting like a textbook.

[Timothy W. Kayser · Rating 3 out of 5]

Not what I was expecting

Book is mostly about the formation of the galaxy than actual astronomy observation. Good information just not good for learning how to do astronomy.

[Steve Fulp · Rating 3 out of 5]

Not enough information

This book started out well, but it seemed to change as I read it. Something needed more explaining and some was confusing.