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How do I get started in astronomy? This wonderful informal guide is fully updated and covers all you need to take your first steps into this fascinating hobby. It explains the basic techniques for observing the night sky and offers essential advice on affordable binoculars, telescopes and accessories.
The History Manifesto is a call to arms to historians and everyone interested in the role of history in contemporary society. This provocative and thoughtful book by two leading historians makes an important intervention in the debate about the role of history and the humanities in a digital age.
Introduction: the bonfire of the humanities?; 1. Going forward by looking back: the rise of the longue durée; 2. The short past: or, the retreat of the longue durée; 3. The long and the short: climate change, governance and inequality since the 1970s; 4. Big questions, big data; Conclusion: the public future of the past.