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The Zodiac Jacqueline Mitton

The Zodiac By Jacqueline Mitton

The Zodiac by Jacqueline Mitton


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Summary

Everyone knows their own star sign but how many can identify the constellations in the night sky and the stars that form them? This book offers a factual astronomical guide to the zodiac and the celestial phenomena in which the zodiac tradition is rooted.

The Zodiac Summary

The Zodiac by Jacqueline Mitton

Everyone knows their own star sign, but how many can identify the constellations in the night sky and the stars that form them? Here is a beautiful illustrated book offering a factual, astronomical guide to the Zodiac and the celestial phenomena in which the Zodiac tradition is rooted. Illuminated by Christina Balit's dazzling illustrations, this book will appeal to horoscope-devotees, star-gazers and everyone fascinated by the reality behind the myths, whatever their age.

About Jacqueline Mitton

Jacqueline Mitton is Public Relations Officer at the Royal Astronomical Society and a distinguished astronomer. She contributed to the Marshall Children's Guide to Astronomy which was shortlisted for the Rhone Poulenc Junior Science Book Prize 1999. Christina Balit's previous books for Frances Lincoln include Blodin the Beast, written by Michael Morpurgo which was shortlisted for the Kate Greenaway Medal and The Twelve Labours of Hercules, which was nominated for the Kate Greenaway Medal. Her latest titles are Atlantis and Escape from Pompeii. Jacqueline and Christina first collaborated on Zoo in the Sky, which won a US Parent's Guide to Children's Media Award in 1998, and Kingdom of the Sun: A Book of the Planets, which won an English Association Non-fiction book award in 2001. Their latest title together is Once Upon a Starry Night, published in October 2003.

Additional information

GOR003571815
9781845070748
1845070747
The Zodiac by Jacqueline Mitton
Used - Very Good
Hardback
Frances Lincoln Publishers Ltd
20041001
40
N/A
Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.
This is a used book - there is no escaping the fact it has been read by someone else and it will show signs of wear and previous use. Overall we expect it to be in very good condition, but if you are not entirely satisfied please get in touch with us

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