Patrick Moore's new book!!

[steppenwolf]

I was doing some research last night while capturing some comet data and came across this new book The Sky Above Us: Astronomy for Teenagers. Has anyone read it yet?

[dweller25]

Personally I think Trudie should stand on her own two feet and on her own merits.

[steppenwolf]

Personally I think Trudie should stand on her own two feet and on her own merits.

What an extraordinary thing to say - Patrick wrote several books in conjunction with other people, should they too have stood on their own two feet and on their own merits? Perhaps Patrick wanted a particular kind of input that Trudie was able to supply? I haven't read the book, I didn't know that it had been published until I saw the advert so I can't comment on what her contribution may have been but knowing Patrick, I doubt he would have entered into a collaboration without good reason?

[ghostdance]

Reading the background on Amazon, the book certainly has SPM's imprimatur and was planned by him to be co-authored with Ms Rayner. It's been out since May 2014 so hopefully has already been enthusing its target audience.

[ronin]

My thought was could they not have located an image with less CA on it.

She was likely in a position she could not win.

Put SPM first and it does look a bit odd, put him second and she is pushing him to the background..

Edited January 17, 2015 by ronin

[dweller25]

Personally I think Trudie should stand on her own two feet and on her own merits.

I made a mistake in my earlier post by jumping to the wrong conclusion, wish I could hit the delete button !