The Salesman of the Milky Way - The Biography of S. Frankel (Other)

Author: David H. Levy
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Publish Date: 1999-09-01
Features: Bart Bok is a vivid and colorful astronomer of the modern era. He dedicated his life to the relentless exploration of the structure of the Milky Way and tirelessly worked to help people understand the universe in which we live. He also greatly contributed to incorporating science into UNESCO and served as the first chair of its Scientific Commission. Moreover, Bok was an excellent astronomical speaker and a relentless fighter against pseudoscience such as astrology. In this biography written by the renowned amateur astronomer Levy, you will learn how Bok grew from a boy scout leader who was mocked for not knowing the stars into a world-famous astronomer, how he and his wife, who was 10 years older, developed a lifelong love story from a chance encounter at a conference, how he was thrilled to set foot on Chinese soil in his lifetime, and how he tirelessly promoted astronomy, even traveling to prisons multiple times at the request of inmates to give astronomy lectures!