How we see the sky
Subtitle: a naked-eye tour of day & night
By: Thomas Hockey
Publisher: University of Chicago Press; University Of Chicago Press
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Chicago
Language: eng
Number of pages: 239
ISBN-13: 9780226345765; 9780226345772
Subjects: Astronomy; Popular works
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Bowl of night; title: This big ol' wheel keeps rolling; title: A globe of stars; title: Of precession, planispheres, and patience; title: The king of day; title: Solstices, equinoxes, and more; title: Around the world with the sun; title: Many moons; title: Living month to month; title: Facing up to the moon (and the sun, too); title: Eclipses; title: Placing planets.