eBooks from Explaining Science 2024

Update 30 August 2025 I have extensively expanded and rewritten all three “A Short Guide to…” e-books. I will make these books available on Kindle for a competitive price. However, in future I won’t do any deals where I offer free or discounted prices on these books for a limited time period.  I believe the… Continue reading eBooks from Explaining Science 2024

Books from Explaining Science 2023

Update 30 August 2025 I have extensively expanded and rewritten all three “A Short Guide to…” e-books. I will make these books available on Kindle for a competitive price. However, in future I won’t do any deals where I offer free or discounted prices on these books for a limited time period.  I believe the books offer… Continue reading Books from Explaining Science 2023

Short Guide to the Moon – ebook

While others spent lock down perfecting their baking skills or becoming experts in home exercise routines, I have been beavering away revising and reissuing the book I originally wrote about the Moon five years ago.  I am very pleased to  offer this to my readers for free for the next five days, and I hope… Continue reading Short Guide to the Moon – ebook

Measuring and Mapping Light Pollution

Updated 16 December 2025 As discussed in my earlier post on Dark Skies , light pollution is a major nuisance to astronomers both amateur and professional. When astronomers classify how much light pollution there is at a particular location, they often use the Bortle Scale, devised by John Bortle and first published in the popular astronomy… Continue reading Measuring and Mapping Light Pollution

e-book on Venus and how to Terraform it

Updated 7 December 2025 I have extensively expanded and rewritten all three “A Short Guide to…” e-books. These books available on Kindle for a competitive price I hope you enjoy reading the new versions of these books (if you’ve not done so already). Venus is, the planet closest to the Earth in size and internal… Continue reading e-book on Venus and how to Terraform it