Part personal retrospective and part cosmic tour,
Seeing In The Dark
 connects the facts of astronomy with the deeply human experience of gazing up at the night sky.
As you listen to
Seeing In The Dark
, renowned science writer Timothy Ferris gives you a rich and engaging overview of the universe and a retrospective of his own beginnings as an amateur astronomer in 1950's Florida. And he takes you inside the revolution that's sweeping amateur astronomy, where backyard astronomers can make discoveries that rival those of professionals.
Ferris includes delightful vignettes of accomplished amateur astronomers such as Steven James O'Meara and former Queen guitarist Brian May. The finest is the funny and touching interview with the legendary British astronomy popularizer Sir Patrick Moore.
This is one of the most elegant and poetic books about amateur astronomy ever written. This unedited audio version is narrated by Ferris himself, so it retains the magic of the original. Highly recommended by One-Minute Astronomer.
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