Over Our Heads: An Exploration into Life, The Universe, and Everything by Sinclair, James

Over Our Heads: An Exploration into Life, The Universe, and Everything (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781519773050)

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Over Our Heads: An Exploration into Life, The Universe, and Everything by Sinclair, James

Over Our Heads: An Exploration into Life, The Universe, and Everything

$8.99
Over Our Heads: An Exploration into Life, The Universe, and Everything by Sinclair, James

Over Our Heads: An Exploration into Life, The Universe, and Everything

$8.99
Format: Paperback
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Over Our Heads explores the very big and delves into the very small in a way ordinary people can understand. James Sinclair takes us on a journey from the atom, through to the DNA from which we are formed, to the stars from which we came. This is one book you don't need a PhD in astrophysics or quantum physics to understand. If you've ever looked at the stars and had trouble thinking that they are just like our Sun, then this book is for you. It packs so much into just a few pages that will get you looking up at the night sky with new wonder and awe It's a book for all ages too. A 13 year old said about it, "Over our Heads is a very good book that is easy to understand, It gives a comprehensive insight to the galaxy yet doesn't confuse the reader. It is very useful for beginners in astronomy. I didn't now how interested I was in the galaxy until I read this book, and after I read it, it left me thirsting for more." And here's what an 89 year old said, "Astronomy is an ancient science with a huge bibliography. Most of this literature consists of books recording specific observations, data and speculation. The virtue of this book is that it describes and explains complex phenomena in simple terms and with analogies relating to our everyday experience. Facts become real, absorbable and easily understood."

Author: James Sinclair
ISBN-10: 1519773056
ISBN-13: 9781519773050
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Language: English
Published: 12/09/2015
Pages: 190
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.58lbs
Size: 9.02h x 5.98w x 0.40d
By James Sinclair
By James Sinclair
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I was born in Darjeeling, India in 1939 in the last decade of the British Raj. I attended Mount Hermon School, Darjeeling, where the celebrated playwright, Sir Tom Stoppard also once studied. I worked in Calcutta before migrating to England in 1969 where I worked in the PYE group of Industries in Cambridge, then joined the Civil Service and worked in Chessington, Surrey. I had to retire early due to heart problems but I found that retirement gave me more time to pursue my many hobbies, one of which was astronomy and the other writing, so I decided to put these two together and write my first book, "Over Our Heads". I've always had a passion for writing ever since I was a child, and won several prizes in writing competitions during my childhood and youth. My second book, "Don't Water the Marigolds" was my first attempt at writing a novel, and "In the Shade of the Shamiana" is my third published book. I am grateful to Harmony Kent for all the help, encouragement and support she has given me in completing this project. I live out my retirement in my South London maisonette busily and contentedly with my two cats.

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