This book contains fundamental new insights regarding how we currently model nature with mathematical models and how we may have been lulled into a comfortable corner of convenient problems by not delving deep enough. Surprisingly readable - in fact, very engaging!

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As a new "star-gazer", I have found "The Great Atlas of the Stars" by Serge Brunier (published by Firefly books) to be particularly helpful because of the fact that it shows actual pictures of the stars, constellations etc. with a plastic overlay outlining the constellations. It also indicates by icons if the star, galaxy etc. is visible to the human eye, binoculars, small telescope or only in the biggies like the Hubble.

I find many star books show you these great galaxy pictures from the Hubble, but then only show you dots on a piece of paper showing the stars and don't really tell you if you can see this in your size scope unless you can figure out the luminosity.

This book shows you EXACTLY what you'll see, the brightness of the stars etc. because it's an actual picture of the area of sky you're looking at. I found this extremely helpful because as a newbie I'd often look where I thought something was but since I'd never seen "it" before, I was never sure if what I was seeing was "it". Now I know because "it" looks like the book!

I bought it at Indigo in Burlington, so I'm sure any of the big book stores have it.

Review by Gail Muller

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A new pocket-sized star atlas published by the people that bring you Sky & Telescope magazine may be just the thing you need for use at the telescope.

Review by Mike Spicer

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