Star-Land
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- First published
- 1889
- Pages
- 255Digital edition
- Language
- English
- Reading difficulty
- 6 of 10
A little about the book
Sir Robert Ball, one of the most famous astronomers of his day, gave Christmas lectures to young people at the Royal Institution in London. This book grew out of them: friendly talks about the sun, the moon, the planets, comets, shooting stars and the distant stars.
He explains how astronomers measured the distance to the sun and how the heavens move, with simple experiments and plenty of wonder. Some of the science has moved on, but the enthusiasm hasn't dated.
Things You May Not Know About Star-Land
- Subtitled Being Talks with Young People about the Wonders of the Heavens.
- From the Royal Institution Christmas Lectures, which began with Michael Faraday and still run today.
- By the Lowndean Professor of Astronomy at Cambridge, author of The Story of the Heavens.
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Part of Freebookia's children's classics collection, added November 2026.
