The Starry Room stripped down to sheer intelligence

stripped down to sheer intelligence

the author includes numerous line drawings of Houdini's ingenious escape devices

Here are finely detailed examples of Rangoli art (complex ritual motifs used to decorate courtyards

along with his striking prose style

The Starry Room stripped down to sheer intelligenceThis inspiring and enriching book, a collection of essays that evokes the beauty and wonder of the night sky, explains to beginning skywatchers how to find and where to look for specific celestial objects. Author Fred Schaaf, once described as a naturalist in the tradition of Henry David Thoreau and John Burroughs, reveals an intense love of his subject and a keen knowledge of the optimum ways of viewing astronomical phenomena with the naked eye.