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About Timothy Ferris
See more books from this AuthorIn perhaps the ultimate adventure in “remote seeing” today, Ferris walks the reader through the process of e-mailing a request for a slice of observation time and getting back the crisp digital image of the desired coordinates delivered via Internet direct from the charge-coupled device (CCD) att...
| Read Full Review of Seeing in the Dark : How Back...Timothy Ferris, the author, academic and filmmaker, has been called the greatest science writer of his generation, praise he has won for explaining the phenomena of the cosmos with unusual clarity and style.
Sep 19 2007 | Read Full Review of Seeing in the Dark : How Back...Review: A stargazer (and a bit of a philosopher), Ferris explains complex science in simple language and introduces readers to amateur astronomers who have altered our comprehension of the universe.
Sep 07 2002 | Read Full Review of Seeing in the Dark : How Back...And we can forgive his lack of journalistic detachment: Whether describing a rising moon (changing ''like a diva into costumes of ermine and silver'') or the pale glow of the Andromeda galaxy (seen as ''the campfires of a Roman legion viewed from a distant mountain''), Ferris reminds us that...
Sep 20 2002 | Read Full Review of Seeing in the Dark : How Back...During that time the familiar streets were transformed into a fascinating and inspiring tour of the universe, courtesy of Timothy Ferris in his book Seeing in the Dark: How Amateur Astronomers are Discovering the Wonders of the Universe.
| Read Full Review of Seeing in the Dark : How Back...An aggregated and normalized score based on 26 user ratings from iDreamBooks & iTunes