Back to the Astronomy Cafe: More Questions and Answers About the Cosmos from "Ask the Astronomer" - Softcover

Odenwald, Sten F.

 
9780813341668: Back to the Astronomy Cafe: More Questions and Answers About the Cosmos from "Ask the Astronomer"

Synopsis

A NASA astronomer and owner of an award-winning website answers current and most frequently asked questions about the cosmos, from understanding the nature of gravity and anticipating the future of our sun to the identity of the light year's inventor and realizing humanity's potential for interplanetary travel. Original. 35,000 first printing.

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About the Author

Sten Odenwald an award-winning astronomer with Raytheon ITSS, is currently the education and public outreach manager for the NASA IMAGE satellite program. The author of The Astronomy Cafe and The 23rd Cycle, Sten Odenwald writes a regular on-line question-and-answer column called ?Ask the Space Scientist” for the Washington Post, and is a frequent contributor Sky and Telescope and Astronomy magazines. He is the recipient of the 1999 Goddard Space Flight Center Excellence in Outreach Award and the Popular Writing Award from the American Astronomical Society, Solar Physics Division. He lives in Kensington, MD.

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