ár a könyvön:
Az eredeti ár (könyvre nyomtatott ár), a kiadó által ajánlott fogyasztói ár, amely megegyezik a bolti árral (bolti akció esetét kivéve).
5999 Ft
online ár:
Webáruházunkban a termékek mellett feltüntetett fekete színű online ár csak internetes megrendelés esetén érvényes. Amennyiben a Líra bolthálózatunk valamelyikében kívánja megvásárolni a terméket, abban az esetben az eredeti ár (könyvre nyomtatott ár) az érvényes, kivétel ez alól a boltban akciós könyvek.
eredeti ár:
A termék ára Líra Könyv Zrt.-nél, ami nem tartalmaz online kedvezményt.
2350 Ft
online ár:
Webáruházunkban a termékek mellett feltüntetett fekete színű online ár csak internetes megrendelés esetén érvényes. Amennyiben a Líra bolthálózatunk valamelyikében kívánja megvásárolni a terméket, akkor az adott boltban lévő ár az irányadó.
ár a könyvön:
Az eredeti ár (könyvre nyomtatott ár), a kiadó által ajánlott fogyasztói ár, amely megegyezik a bolti árral (bolti akció esetét kivéve).
7990 Ft
online ár:
Webáruházunkban a termékek mellett feltüntetett fekete színű online ár csak internetes megrendelés esetén érvényes. Amennyiben a Líra bolthálózatunk valamelyikében kívánja megvásárolni a terméket, abban az esetben az eredeti ár (könyvre nyomtatott ár) az érvényes, kivétel ez alól a boltban akciós könyvek.
ár a könyvön:
Az eredeti ár (könyvre nyomtatott ár), a kiadó által ajánlott fogyasztói ár, amely megegyezik a bolti árral (bolti akció esetét kivéve).
5990 Ft
online ár:
Webáruházunkban a termékek mellett feltüntetett fekete színű online ár csak internetes megrendelés esetén érvényes. Amennyiben a Líra bolthálózatunk valamelyikében kívánja megvásárolni a terméket, abban az esetben az eredeti ár (könyvre nyomtatott ár) az érvényes, kivétel ez alól a boltban akciós könyvek.
ár a könyvön:
Az eredeti ár (könyvre nyomtatott ár), a kiadó által ajánlott fogyasztói ár, amely megegyezik a bolti árral (bolti akció esetét kivéve).
3290 Ft
online ár:
Webáruházunkban a termékek mellett feltüntetett fekete színű online ár csak internetes megrendelés esetén érvényes. Amennyiben a Líra bolthálózatunk valamelyikében kívánja megvásárolni a terméket, abban az esetben az eredeti ár (könyvre nyomtatott ár) az érvényes, kivétel ez alól a boltban akciós könyvek.
ár a könyvön:
Az eredeti ár (könyvre nyomtatott ár), a kiadó által ajánlott fogyasztói ár, amely megegyezik a bolti árral (bolti akció esetét kivéve).
7999 Ft
online ár:
Webáruházunkban a termékek mellett feltüntetett fekete színű online ár csak internetes megrendelés esetén érvényes. Amennyiben a Líra bolthálózatunk valamelyikében kívánja megvásárolni a terméket, abban az esetben az eredeti ár (könyvre nyomtatott ár) az érvényes, kivétel ez alól a boltban akciós könyvek.
by richord tresch fienberg |I - '^THT^i I 'i 'i iV'tv.-J1Parallel Universesone of the more intriguing ideas to gain a foothold in modem cosmology is the notion that ours is one of many parallel universes. Each supposedly sprouted from its own big bang with its own pecuhar mix of matter and...
focal pointScience and Religion: Can We Talk?George V. Coyne, S.J., addresses a timeless topic from his perspective as an astronomer-priest.Did the universe begin out of nothing? Did it have a beginning at all? Is there anything special about human existence? Is there a God? Even now, pairing off...
focal pointGleanings from the GlassIn the optical shop ofAdler Planetarium, Richard Fisherlearned valuable lessons about telescopes and life.Somewhere in the library of a Chicago public school is a well-worn book bound in green cloth. My name might be the only one on the dog-eared card tucked...
focal pointSky Writingmentioned in the column. Her friends were always amazed when she could then point out details of the night sky to them!I believe the general public is eager for good, easy-to-read astronomy columns. There's too much astrology in print, along with too many stories about...
Silent(ly) RunningJay White ponders the lonely isolation of a spacecraft bound for the stars.It's been more than 30 years since that night when the lights in the theater came up and tears filled my eyes. The film Silent Running, just ended, should have affected me because it showed Earth's last...
Bad-Guy Editor'm an idiot. I don't know any astronomy. I pander to advertisers. I don't care what readers think. I'm interested only in money. I'm closed-minded. I'm a bigot.Yes, I'm bad. At least, that's what I'd think if I were to believe everything that's been said to me, or about me, on the...
spectrumSituational Awarenesschuckle whenever I'm with someone who notices the Moon up in broad daylight for the first time. The reaction is invariably a mix of surprise and alarm: "What the ? Something's wrong! How can the Moon be up during the day?!" It's not really funny, though it's sad....
The Outreach Imperative recently traveled to the Canary Islands for a conference entitled "Communicating Astronomy." Hosted by the Institute of Astrophysics of the Canaries, the meeting attracted attendees from the Americas, Europe, and Australia. Among them were representatives from many of the...
We're Everywheref an important astronomical event happens anywhere in the night sky at any time a supernova, a lunar occultation, a storm on Saturn it will be observed by readers of this magazine. I can say this with confidence because Sky Telescope has subscribers in 135 countries around the...
spectrumSign of the TimesRICH HARRINGTONI'm no Taurus, but 1 know bull when I see it. And I saw plenty when I opened my Boston Globe last August 28th and read the headline "Heavens Smile on Astrology School." The Astrological institute in Scottsdale, Arizona, is now an accredited institution of...
Unfinished Businessn 1964, when in the third grade, I made a poster showing the nine planets of our solar system. 1 could find decent photographs of only Mars, Jupiter, and Saturn. Astronauts wouldn't photograph the Earth from lunar orbit for another four years. Mercury and Venus showed phases like...
Move Over, Harry!Unless you've been living on another planet, youVe heard of Harry Potter, the bespectacled adolescent wizard at the center of four (going on five) best-selling children's books and an eagerly anticipated Hollywood movie (the first, no doubt, of several). My kids, like so many...
Sixty Years and Counting Participants on Sky Telescope's tour to Africa for the June 21st total solar eclipse witnessed an unusually lengthy and lustrous "diamond ring" as the last bead of sunlight slipped behind the Moon. How appropriate, as this year marks the diamond anniversary of Sky ...
New Kids on the BlockAs the universe expands, so does the amount of astronomical research conducted by professionals and the number of telescopes used by amateurs, k In our ongoing effort to keep readers well informed about both the science and the hobby, Sky Telescope has expanded too. When I...
It's Party Time!Perhaps you'd like to check out a new telescope or eyepiece, but there's no astronomy store in your area. Maybe you live in a light-polluted city or suburb and wish you could spend some quality time under truly dark skies. Perhaps you enjoy looking at the Moon and planets with your...
Cosmologk lllogicMy grandfather was born 100 years ago and grew up in a static universe with no beginning or end. A century later, my sons are growing up in a universe that exploded from nothing billions of years ago and is thinning out as the eons go by. This overhaul of our world picture is...
Running Running When Gary Seronik showed me the final stats concerning our Messier Marathon (his summary appeared in the July issue, page 122), I was disappointed. We had given this competition solid play in the March issue and on our Web site, with lots of tips on how to do the job right. But...
Gravity Matterso you play lotto or some other get-rich-quick rip-off? Do you plop down a buck and happily accept odds of tens of millions to one?Let's turn the game around. Plop down hundreds of millions of dollars (or even enough billions to make Hubble blush) and claim the odds of winning are one...
Reading Last Summerhis month's editorial may seem to be a book report, but it isn't. It's an appreciation to Allan Chapman for his recently published book, The Victorian Amateur Astronomer,* subtided Independent Astronomical Research in Britain 1820-1920. His was the best astronomy book on my...
spectrumNot in Kansas Anymore'm delighted that one of last year s Ig Nobel Prizes for achievements that "cannot or should not be reproduced" was won by the Kansas State Board of Education. Its "accolade" stemmed from a decision not to test students on their understanding of either Darwin's theory...
Coming: More Hype! Yikes!!Fasten your seat belts here we go again!The media blitz last December that touted the brightest Moon in 133 years is probably still fresh in your mind. But I'll bet a lot of you have already forgotten the name of the asteroid that only two years ago was destined to do us...
How many times have we been flogged by hoopla concerning the Y2K computer bug? A couple of years ago we were told that when the year flipped to zeros planes would crash wholesale, financial institutions would run amuck, and PCs wouldn't fire up. Now it seems that only ripples are likely to blemish...
LJspectrumHigh-Grading the Oref you go online and access NASA's Astrophysics Data System (http: //adswww.harvard.edu/), you can get abundant snapshots of what's happening in astronomical research. In the database for 1997, for example, there are 19,525 citations, "a pretty good approximation of the...
LJspectrumCalling All SuperstarsI was struck by some commentaries that preceded John Glenn's recent flight that astronauts had become nameless and faceless in the purview of U.S. society. That observation seems to me to be spot on. Tonight I could easily recall the Mercury gang and those on Apollo...
The Hipparcos FirehoseDuring my first visit to Mount Wilson Observatory, in the late '50s, solar observer Tommy Cragg took me to its library. I remember being blovin away; this kid had never dreamed that so many astronomy books existed!One huge set was labeled "AGK2," and this cryptonym piqued my...
focal pointA Trail to the SkyChristopher Cokinos tries "starpacking" in the Montana wilderness.Some would scoff at hiking just zk miles from ourtrailhead to a tiny Forest Service workstation in Montana's West Pioneer Mountains. But our backpacks were stuffed with a week's worth of food and clothes,...
SpectrumBy the Light of the MoonIn early autumn, as the workday ends, this New Englander begins to twitch when he knows that northerly winds will blow across the face of a nearly full Moon. My anticipation grows as I quickly eat dinner and set up my little spotting scope. Now I'm ready for...
'?ilSSpectrum"Godspeed, John Glenn!"Back into space tie goes this October quintessential American hero 36 years after he rode the Friendship 7 Mercury capsule thrice around the Earth.John Herschel Glenn was the second to make such a trip; he followed the Soviet Union's Yuri Gagarin by 10 months....
Spectrum littr^Amateurs Have ResponsibilitesJOHNNY HORNEA year has passed since the Heaven's Gate mass suicide. The initial hysteria, hand-wringing, and finger-pointing is past, so I think this is a good time to reflect on that insanity. I'm still depressed that an amateur astronomer indirectly...
spectrumWmAshes to Ashes A quarter century ago I came to know Gene Shoemaker at a tiny, private meeting at the famous Hotel Pierre in New York City.Sagan was there, Asimov too the coolest guest list I'll ever make up! We had gathered to explore a new way to spark science education in a failing...
Research-oriented amateurs have always had one big edge over professionals time, gobs of it. They can undertake long-duration programs (constantly monitoring a "constant" star) or programs with a high risk of failure (searching for lunar transient phenomena). Professionals with such ideas find a...
spectrumTime Warp-Itl-ÍT'íbaAs my PLANE TOUCHES DOWN AT ISTANBUL'S AtaTORK AiRPORT, I'm struck by the curious world some of us live in. No, it's not a i cultural thing, nor religious, nor political. For people with agendas that stretch far into the future, it's a world of curious time ...
April 1963 10,000th pageSpectrum50,000 Pages and CountingThanks to the staggering arithmetic skills of last summer's editorial intern. Will Dane, we know that this is ST's 50,000th published page. It's a trivial milestone, really, but it gives me another excuse to pontificate.As you learned in the...
On March iith Roger Sinnott sauntered into my office grinning from ear to ear. "This is a first," he burbled, " an exclamation point in an lAU Circular!" Roger was referring to a just-issued statement by Brian Marsden that a mile-wide body called 1997 XF would pass some 29,000 miles from Earth on...