The Last Stargazers
the enduring story of astronomy’s vanishing explorers
$52.25
- Paperback
400 pages
- Release Date
3 January 2022
Summary
The Last Stargazers: A Love Letter to the Night Sky
From a childhood reading of A Wrinkle in Time to discovering a new species of star, astronomer Emily Levesque has spent her life exploring the universe, and now she wants to share that exploration with the world. Now in paperback!
The story of the people who see beyond the stars-an astronomy book for adults still spellbound by the night sky. Humans from the earliest civilizations through today have craned their necks each n…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781728234458 |
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| ISBN-10: | 172823445X |
| Author: | Emily Levesque |
| Publisher: | Sourcebooks, Inc |
| Imprint: | Sourcebooks, Inc |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 400 |
| Release Date: | 3 January 2022 |
| Weight: | 408g |
| Dimensions: | 211mm x 143mm x 27mm |
What They're Saying
Critics Review
“Levesque leads readers on a pilgrimage to observatories throughout the world in her wonderful debut. This will particularly appeal to young women interested in science, but any stargazer would enjoy this joyous adventure through modern astronomy.” - Publishers Weekly, STARRED Review“If you’ve ever wondered what astronomers do–what they really do—and the human journey from the era of eyepieces to gigantic robotic cameras, The Last Stargazers puts you there with compelling honesty, following the scientists and students with hundred-ton telescopes as backdrop.” - Erik Asphaug, author of When the Earth Had Two Moons
About The Author
Emily Levesque
Emily Levesque is a professor at the University of Washington and lives in Seattle. She received her SB in physics from MIT and a PhD from the University of Hawaii. She has won the American Astronomical Society’s Annie Jump Cannon Award and Newton Lacy Pierce Prize, among other awards.
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