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The Stars: A New Way to See Them

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The Stars: A New Way to See Them is an astronomy book by H. A. Rey. It was first published in 1952 (Houghton Mifflin, Boston) and revised in 1962. It was updated again in 1997. Other editions were: Chatto and Windus, London, 1975; "A New Way to see the Stars", Paul Hamlyn, London, 1966; Enl. World-wide ed. Houghton Mifflin, 1967.

In this book, Rey set out to create a graphical, simpler view of the constellations that created a more realistic depiction of the images the constellations were supposed to represent.

Rey's interest in astronomy began during World War I and led to his desire to redraw constellation diagrams, which he found difficult to remember, so that they were more intuitive. This led to the 1952 publication of The Stars: A New Way to See Them (ISBN 0-395-24830-2). His constellation diagrams were adopted widely and now appear in many astronomy guides, such as Donald H. Menzel's A Field Guide to the Stars and Planets. As of 2008 The Stars: A New Way to See Them and a simplified presentation for children called Find the Constellations are still in print. A new edition of Find the Constellations was released in 2008, updated with modern fonts, the new status of Pluto, and some more current measurements of planetary sizes and orbital radii.[2]

References

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  1. ^ Rao, Joe (19 May 2006). "Four-Star Sight: The Celestial Diamond". Space.com. TechMedia Network. Retrieved 19 January 2014.
  2. ^ French, Jeffrey A. (1 February 2009). "Grades 5 & Up: REY, H. A. Find the Constellations". School Library Journal. Archived from the original on 11 July 2009. Retrieved 19 January 2014.