The entire universe in one practical, easy-to-use, easy-to-understand handbook.An essential guide for every amateur astronomer.The Astronomy Handbook , by award-winning astronomy writer Govert Schilling, is the indispensable, go-to guide to everything you ever wanted or need to know about space, It also offers an excellent education for every amateur astronomer, including detailed and practical information on how Schilling provides a fascinating history of astronomy, as well as clear and accessible explanations of binary, variable, and neutron stars; black holes and gamma-ray bursts; the formation and structure of galaxies; dark matter; and extraterrestrial life. The Astronomy Handbook  is a primordial soup-to-nuts guide to the cosmos and an essential reference for every student of the universe. 

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