The article recounts the author's personal journey into astronomy, highlighting several influential beginner astronomy guidebooks from various eras, including "Stars: A Guide to the Constellations," ...

There is no doubt that books have the power to change how people think about the world — and the universe — around them. But what makes a book influential? Does it need to have a major impact on ...

From Galileo's meticulous sketches of Jupiter's moons in 1610 to Caroline Herschel's handwritten notes of comet discoveries, the history of astronomy is built on careful note-taking. Logbooks with ...