The Last Stargazers

[Unitron48]

Just finished reading, The Last Stargazers, by Emily Levesque. The below synopsis characterizes well her purpose and focus of writing the book. Very well done with lots of personal stories about real people. The title (maybe sadly) points to the shift from the visual to the virtual.

"In the Last Stargazers, Levesque takes readers inside the most powerful telescopes in the world and introduces us to the people who run them. She also explores the future of one of the most ancient and inspiring scientific disciplines as we gain the ability to see farther beyond our planet than ever before while relying increasingly on code and computers to study the stars".

Regards,
Dave

[helicon]

Sounds like an interesting book Dave.

[messier 111]

thx .

[Ylem]

I'll have to put that on my list Dave!

[The Wave Catcher]

Thanks.

I have that book and I read the first chapter. I need to get back to reading it!

[Thefatkitty]

Well this is fun...

I bought The Sun Kings by Stuart Clark based on a recommendation from @Baurice; thank you Philip! It showed up this past Thursday and so far a really great read.

This looks interesting as well, thanks Dave! I should have it Monday

All the best,