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Guidebook aimed at lovers of astronomy, space flights
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Published: November 9, 2008
Updated: 11/09/2008 12:10 am
NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J. -- Do you love visiting the planetarium? Are you fascinated by the history of NASA? Is seeing the Northern Lights on your life list?
If so, Guidebook for the Scientific Traveler: Visiting Astronomy and Space Exploration Sites Across America by Duane S. Nickell (Rutgers University Press, $21.95) can help you plan your next trips.
The book includes chapters on visiting planetaria, space museums, NASA research and flight centers, and optical and radio telescopes and observatories that offer tours, such as the U.S. Naval Observatory in Washington, the Lick Observatory near San Jose, Calif., the Lowell Observatory in Flagstaff, Ariz., the National Solar Observatory in Sunspot, N.M., and the Arecibo Radio Telescope in Puerto Rico.
Another chapter lists homes and historic sites associated with eight astronomers and astronauts who the author says "made a major contribution to the field," from physicist Albert Einstein to John Glenn, first American to orbit the earth.
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