About the Author

Norman Davidson was born in Edinburgh in 1933. He was a journalist in the UK for ten years, writing on social and cultural events. He was a Waldorf school teacher for sixteen years, teaching astronomy, geometry, history, and literature. He has been director of Teacher Training at the Waldorf Institute of Sunbridge College in Chestnut Ridge, New York. Mr. Davidson lectures on astronomy and cultural topics, and is the author of Astronomy and the Imagination, a companion to Sky Phenomena.

Reviews

'An excellent introduction to the sky for the general public.'
-- Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics
'Refreshingly original work.'
-- Sky and Telescope