Sky & Telescope - USA (2020-06)

BOOKS BY S&T AUTHORS

A Wealth of Wonders

Our writers expand their (and our) horizons in an eclectic range of astro-centric books.

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The authors whose work appears in our pages often take their ideas and interests further by writing books.

Below are some recently published volumes by S&T contributors. —The Editors of Sky & Telescope

Urban Legends

from Space: The

Biggest Myths

About Space De-

mystifi ed

From “There’s No

Gravity in Space” to

“Jupiter Is a Failed

Star,” Bob King, our

Celestial Calendar col-

umnist (see page 48),

provides brief chap-

ters in this delightful

and useful book that

debunks common

myths and miscon-

ceptions with solid

scientifi c evidence.

Saturn

Everyone remembers

their fi rst view of Sat-

urn in a telescope, and

that initial wonder

rarely dissipates. Here,

Contributing Editor

Bill Sheehan offers a

gorgeously illustrated

deep dive into every-

thing that captivates

us about the ringed

planet. From the

early investigations

by Tycho Brahe and

Galileo to the latest

discoveries by the Cas-

sini mission, Sheehan

covers it all.

Bob King

Page Street

Publishing,

2019

224 pages,

ISBN 978-1-

62414-896-5

$16.99,

paperback

Hubble Legacy:

30 Years of Discov-

eries and Images

You can’t fl ip through

this stunning collec-

tion of Hubble images

without pausing often

to shake your head in

awe. The accompanying

text that Contributing

Editor Jim Bell wrote

is equally enriching.

Altogether, this coffee-

table book is a riveting

celebration of the ven-

erable space telescope’s

30th anniversary (see

S&T: Apr. 2020, p. 14).

100 Things to See

in the Night Sky, Ex-

panded Edition: Your

Illustrated Guide to

the Planets, Satel-

lites, Constellations,

and More

In this expanded

edition, Dean Regas,

Cincinnati Observatory

astronomer and S&T

contributing editor,

offers 100 objects that

you can see with the

naked eye, binoculars,

or a backyard telescope.

Want to become an

expert stargazer? Here’s

your guide.

Jim Bell

Sterling

Publishing,

2020

224 pages,

ISBN 978-1-

4549-3622-0

$27.95,

hardcover

Dean Regas

Adams

Media, 2020

256 pages,

ISBN 978-1-

5072-1381-0

$21.99,

hardcover

The Contact Para-

dox: Challenging

Our Assumptions

in the Search for

Extraterrestrial

Intelligence

What do we mean by

intelligence? How can

we identify a signal

if one is sent to us?

How should we react

if one is? In this book,

the editor of the UK’s

Astronomy Now maga-

zine addresses these

and other questions

about the past and

future of SETI.

Galaxies: Birth

and Destiny of Our

Universe

Fascinated by those

island universes we

call galaxies? This

handsomely illus-

trated volume by

Contributing Editor

Govert Schilling will

supply all you need to

know about every-

thing from the Milky

Way to the earliest

galaxies known, from

spirals to lenticulars,

and from colliding

galaxies to cosmic

clusters.

Keith Cooper

Bloomsbury

Sigma, 2020

336 pages,

ISBN 978-1-

4729-6042-9

$28.00,

hardcover

Govert

Schilling

Firefl y

Books, 2019

240 pages,

ISBN 978-

0228102113

$49.95,

hardcover

William

Sheehan

Reaktion

Books, 2019

220 pages,

ISBN 978-1-

78914-153-5

$40.00,

hardcover