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The Zodiac: Myths and Legends of the Stars [EPUB ebook]

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Richard Hall is one New Zealand’s leading astronomers, and a renowned communicator with a gift for making the science and history of astronomy enjoyable and easy to understand. His Radio New Zealand series Summer Stars and Transit of Venus reached thousands. Formerly senior public prograqmmes officer at Carter Observatory, he co-founded the Phoenix Astronomical Society and is director of the outdoor observatorty and astronomy centre Stonehenge Aotearoa. In 2009 he was awarded the Royal Astronomical Society of New Zealand’s most prestigious honour, the Murray Geddes Memorial Prize, for his outstanding contribution to astronomy in New Zealand.

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Richard Hall is one New Zealand’s leading astronomers, and a renowned communicator with a gift for making the science and history of astronomy enjoyable and easy to understand. His Radio New Zealand series Summer Stars and Transit of Venus reached thousands. Formerly senior public prograqmmes officer at Carter Observatory, he co-founded the Phoenix Astronomical Society and is director of the outdoor observatorty and astronomy centre Stonehenge Aotearoa. In 2009 he was awarded the Royal Astronomical Society of New Zealand’s most prestigious honour, the Murray Geddes Memorial Prize, for his outstanding contribution to astronomy in New Zealand.
Other books by the same author include:
Work of the Gods: Kay Leather and Richard Hall (Viking Seven Seas NZ Ltd)
How to Gaze at the Southern Stars: Richard Hall (Awa Press)
Stonehenge Aotearoa, the compelete guide: Kay Leather, Richard Hall and Geoff Dobson (Awa Press)
Stonehenge Aotearoa: Alpha Series, number 124 (Royal Society of New Zealand)

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Language English ● Format EPUB ● Pages 174 ● ISBN 9781469110004 ● File size 21.5 MB ● Publisher Xlibris NZ ● Published 2012 ● Downloadable 24 months ● Currency EUR ● ID 7019748 ● Copy protection Adobe DRM

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