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Iain Nicolson

Author of Knowledge Through Color: Astronomy

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Iain Nicolson is a writer, lecturer, and broadcaster in the fields of astronomy and space science, a visiting faculty member of the University of Hertfordshire, England, and a consultant to the magazine Astronomy Now. He lectures widely to British societies and organizations and is a frequent show more contributor to the BBC television series The Sky at Night show less
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Atlas of the Solar System (1983) — some editions — 112 copies
The Observer's Year: 366 Nights in the Universe (1997) — Foreword — 56 copies

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This book was not quite what I was hoping it to be. The universe I find to be the most fascinating of subjects and I am always curious to know more on the subject. This book I thought would add to my knowledge and in a number of ways it did. The problem I had with it was that although presented in a coffee table format the narrative was often hard core technical astrophysics. The one great conclusion was of how little we really know about the great mysteries out there, dark matter and dark energy. There are many theories presented with accompanying technical analysis. I struggled to get through this and found myself eventually skimming and reading picture captions. The final chapter summary would have been sufficient it seems.… (more)
 
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