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Posts tagged "astronomy"

Embracing Dark Matter ...

January 27th, 2011
Posted by Michael Little
Astronomers believe in something they cannot see. In that belief, in their discovery, there are lessons for all fiction readers and writers. Based on the gravitational effects [...]
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The Sky Tonight: A Guided Tour of the Stars Over Hawai‘i

August 25th, 2010
This is the first and only book with a complete set of monthly star charts and unique constellation overlays made specifically for Hawai‘i's latitudes. A sky tour accompanies each chart, bringing the stars to life with Hawaiian and Greek myths, interesting binocular objects, astronomical facts, an [...]
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Hokuloa: The British 1874 Transit of Venus Expedition to Hawai‘i

August 20th, 2010
Spanning several centuries and connecting two distant (and very different) island nations, Hokuloa: The British 1874 Transit of Venus Expedition to Hawai‘i provokes political and military maneuvering, confronts death and disappointment, descends into madness, and rises to heroism—all in pursuit [...]
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Kamālamalama: the Light of Knowledge

November 19th, 2009
This book comes from Patrick Ka`ano`i, a Native Hawaiian trained by his kupuna, and has much wisdom documented nowhere else. Unique to this work is an [...]
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