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THIS recent astronomy book hy the Czech astronamen. Dr. H. Slouka, aims at introducing a wide public to some of the most interesting astronomical problems of to-day. It is not intended as a text-book but rather to stimulate a more specialized study of its large variety of subjects. It falls into eight main chapters : the road to the stars ; telescopes of to-day and to-morrow ; the sun ; the world of the planets ; celestial wanderers ; the world of the stars and nebulæ ; beyond the Milky Way ; and the birth and death of worlds. Tables of astronomical data are added as well as a useful bibliographical list. Many of the illustrations are drawings new to books of this kind ; in addition, some forty plates are well chosen and beautifully reproduced. The first two editions of the book were published in Prague in 1942, and the author's remarks bear witness to the difficulties of the time in which he worked at it. The book is very vividly written in a manner which the author hopes will help "to win for astronomy new and enthusiastic friends who will strive for this most attractive of all sciences to penetrate to all sections of the public".
Pohledy do nebe
Problémy a výsledky moderní astronomie. Napsal Dr. Hubert Slouka. Pp. 460 + 43 plates. (Praha : Nakladatelství Orbis, 1947.) 165 Kčs. In Czech. (Exploring the Skies : problems and results of modern astronomy. By Dr. Hubert Slouka. Prague : Orbis, 1947.)
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B., A. Pohledy do nebe. Nature 163, 623 (1949). https://doi.org/10.1038/163623b0
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