A very good to near fine softcover copy. FIRST EDITION. Very light small crease to front cover and some very light edgewear from handling. Otherwise, this a nice copy. SIGNED BY BOTH AUTHORS. Inscribed to: "Debrorah and David who have proven that new friends are good friends. May music always fill your hearts." Signed by the Authors. = We ship all books with Delivery Confirmation or Insured. = We have been selling Used Books for over 28 years.

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Title: The Light of the Night Sky
Publisher: Reidel
Publication Date: 1973
Language: English
ISBN 10: 9027702942
ISBN 13: 9789027702944
Binding: Soft cover
Edition: 1st Edition.
Condition: Very Good
Signed: Signed by Author(s)

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Astronomy appears to us as a combination of art, science, and philosophy. Its study puts the universe into perspective, giving a sense of pleasure in its beauty, awe at its immensity, and humility at our trivial place in it. From earliest human history, man has scrutinized the night sky - and wondered and marveled. With unaided eye but perceptive mind, he recognized order in the regular appearance and movements of individual objects, such as the planets and star groups (constellations), in their rhythmic and majestic progressions across the bowl of night. Even in the present era of scientific exactitude, there remains a profound awareness of mysteries beyond our present interpretations. It is only in comparatively recent years, however, that man has recognized that it takes more than conventional astronomy to account for the beauties ofthe night sky. Radiations in the Earth's upper atmosphere provide a foreground light, the study of which has come under a new name, aeronomy. The science of aeronomy has rapidly burgeoned, and the student of the light of the night sky finds that he is involved in an interdisciplinary domain.

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