Patrick Moore
The data book of astronomy
Patrick Moore on the Moon
The amateur astronomer
Patrick Moore's Astronomy: A Complete Introduction
Stargazing: Astronomy Without a Telescope
Astronomy with a Budget Telescope
Patrick Moore: The Autobiography
Can you speak Venusian?
The observer's year
The Observer's Book of Astronomy
Guide to the Moon
Guinness Book of Astronomy
Challenge of the Stars
Teach Yourself Astronomy
Eyes on the universe
Guide to Mars
Philip's guide to the night sky
Patrick Moore's Yearbook of Astronomy 2015
Countdown! or How Nigh is the End?
Black Holes in Space
Astronomers' Stars
new guide to the stars
The next fifty years in space
A Guide to the Stars
Patrick Moore's Yearbook of Astronomy 2013
80 Not Out: The Autobiography
Legends of the stars
A-Z of astronomy
The starry sky
The Cosmic Tourist: The 100 Most Awe-Inspiring Places in the Universe
Watchers of the stars
The Sky at Night: Answers to Questions from Across the Universe
Patrick Moore's Millennium Yearbook: The View from AD 1001
Mission to Mars
Travellers in Space and Time
The Astronomy Quiz Book
The Voices of Mars
Captives of the Moon
Patrick Moore's History of Astronomy
The Atlas of the Solar System
Mission to the Planets: The Illustrated Story of Man's Exploration of the Solar System
Suns, myths and men
Your Book of Astronomy
Science and Fiction
The New Challenge of the Stars
50 Years in Space: What We Thought Then. . . What We Know Now
Cambridge guide to stars and planets
Atlas of the universe
The Sky at Night
TV astronomer
Exploring the night sky with binoculars
Confessions of a Greenpeace Dropout: The Making of a Sensible Environmentalist
Green Spirit: Trees are the Answer
Patrick Moore Life story
Sir Patrick Alfred Caldwell-Moore CBE HonFRS FRAS was an English amateur astronomer who attained prominence in that field as a writer, researcher, radio commentator and television presenter. Moore's early interest in astronomy led him to join the British Astronomical Association at the age of eleven.
Heather Couper: the transmitter and astronomer dies at 70
Dr. Couper was The First female President of The British Astronomical Association
broadcaster and astronomer Heather Couper has died at the age of 70 years.
Dr. Couper appeared on the BBC's Blue Peter and The Sky At Night programs, as well as the presentation and production of acclaimed science documentaries.
And she hosted radio series including the BBC World Service's perennial star and BBC Radio 4 ' s Cosmic Quest , and star watch.
said to her Best Friend and business partner, Nigel Henbest , she had died on Wednesday after a short illness.
she was tables a "charisma. and passionate science communicators," he said.
"she's got people really excited about The Universe and about the room - That is your love, your passion in Life . "
she was a regular-TV-and-radio from the 1980sBorn in 1949, she fell in love with astronomy as a child and remembered A Day in the year 1968, when she realized astronomy had not only "for the chaotic old men in tweed jackets, not more".
she went home and wrote in her diary: "I would like to know how to help. I would like to make known and to make known the science. "
So she left her management trainee job at Top Shop to a research assistant at The Institute of Astronomy in Cambridge.
her Big Break came to appear as she was asked, as a guest of Sir Patrick Moore The sky at night.
Sir Patrick later recalled: "of course, she wrote me when she was a little girl and said, 'is there a future for me in astronomy?' And I said, 'of course, there is. "And I tried to give her a hand. "
Astronaut applicationshe is also the 1981 ITV children's series, heaven, in 1984, was The First female President of The British Astronomical Association.
Four years later, she co-founded a film and TV production, then, in 1993, took The Chair of astronomy at Gresham College, a post which Wren previously owned by Sir Isaac Newton , and Sir Christopher.
you and Dr Henbest, co-wrote dozens of books, as well as the monthly astronomy column for The Independent , The Last of which was released on 6. February.
The couple even applied to be The First British astronaut, Dr. Couper told The Guardian in the year 1993, but were discarded quickly.
"you wanted someone who is technologically on The Ball , somebody said, would know which buttons to press in case of emergency," She Said .
"If something is blown up, I would think, 'Oh, Christ! Which wire goes where?'"
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Source of news: bbc.com
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