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Hi all,

My daughter has been at her grandmothers (my wife's mother) place for a few days and came home tonight, loaded up with the usual too much that grandmothers spoil their grandchildren with :lol:

However, in amongst all her spoils was this for me:
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I took a quick flip through the books, looks like it might be interesting. Anyone have any opinions?

Thanks much and all the best,
Mark

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Thefatkitty wrote: ↑Sun Aug 29, 2021 2:22 am Hi all,

My daughter has been at her grandmothers (my wife's mother) place for a few days and came home tonight, loaded up with the usual too much that grandmothers spoil their grandchildren with :lol:

However, in amongst all her spoils was this for me:

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I took a quick flip through the books, looks like it might be interesting. Anyone have any opinions?

Thanks much and all the best,
I have the Night Sky one it's good. Pretty easy to follow, CD and a book.

I also have the Physics one, that's like 8 books and CDs. That one gets pretty indepth, I think I'm on CD#3. Have to return to it this winter.
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No experience with those specifically, but I bought a digital access one on physics done by a guy from Fermilab. It's not bad. I think Fillipenko's astrophysics course is on sale. Might be worth a look, but I wouldn't pay more than $20-$30 for it given how much free stuff is out there.
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pakarinen wrote: ↑Sun Aug 29, 2021 12:52 pm No experience with those specifically, but I bought a digital access one on physics done by a guy from Fermilab. It's not bad. I think Fillipenko's astrophysics course is on sale. Might be worth a look, but I wouldn't pay more than $20-$30 for it given how much free stuff is out there.
I think there is good free astro stuff at Coursera and Khan Academy as well.
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Enjoy the courses Mark :)
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