· Get a Cloudy Nights T-Shirt · Submit a Review / Article Click here if you are having trouble logging into the forums Privacy Policy | Please read our Terms of Service | Signup and Troubleshooting FAQ | Problems? PM a Red or a Green Gu… uh, User You are not logged in. [Login] Entrance · Main Index · Search · New user · Who's Online FAQ · Calendar Announcements and News >> Discussion of CN Articles, Reviews, and Reports Previous   Index   Next   Threaded   Pages: 1 Olivier Biot Amused Reged: 04/25/05 Loc: 51°N (Belgium) Practical Astronomy with your Calculator or Spread       #5014142 - 01/12/12 04:06 PM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Book Review: Practical Astronomy with your Calculator or Spreadsheet (4th edition) By Michael Coren Post Extras:       bluedandelion Carpal Tunnel Reged: 08/17/07 Loc: Hazy Hollow, Western WA Re: Practical Astronomy with your Calculator or Spread [Re: Olivier Biot]       #5024067 - 01/18/12 02:18 AM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Nice review. The book's been around through a number of editions. About 1984 or so I taught myself to program in Basic on a Casio programmable calculator (which had a BASIC interpreter and 2k of memory!). Later I used a ZX Spectrum+ and finally one of the earliest IBM Compatible pcs. I found the algorithms well explained for a freshman or sophomore in college to pick up. Ajay Post Extras:       mcoren Pooh-Bah Reged: 01/11/06 Loc: Virginia, USA Re: Practical Astronomy with your Calculator or Spread [Re: bluedandelion]       #5029219 - 01/20/12 06:40 PM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Hi Ajay, I have a similar history with this book. I bought the second edition in 1985 when I was a sophomore in college and I wrote a program to compute the positions of planets using Apple's (interpreted) Macintosh Pascal. In the course of debugging it against the step-by-step intermediate results listed in the book, I discovered a serious (and inexcusable, IMHO) bug in Mac Pascal's sine function. I retargeted it to TML Systems' Pascal compiler that came out the following year, and had much better results. Thanks and Clear Skies! Post Extras:       Pages: 1 Previous   Index   Next   Threaded   Extra information 0 registered and 3 anonymous users are browsing this forum. Moderator:  droid, iceblaze  Print Thread Forum Permissions       You cannot start new topics       You cannot reply to topics       HTML is disabled       UBBCode is enabled Thread views: 1380 Jump to *Announcements and News* -----   Cloudy Nights Announcements   Discussion of CN Articles, Reviews, and Reports   Celestial Events*General Astronomy* -----   Beginners Forum   General Observing and Astronomy   Outreach   Light Pollution*Equipment Discussions* -----   ATM, Optics and DIY Forum   Binoculars   Binoviewers   Cats & Casses   Classic Telescopes   Equipment   Eyepieces   Mounts   Observatories   Reflectors   Refractors    Video and Electronically Assisted Astronomy*Astrophotography and Sketching* -----   Beginning and Intermediate Imaging   Film Astrophotography   DSLR & Digital Camera Astro Imaging & Processing   CCD Imaging & Processing   Solar System Imaging & Processing   Sketching   Astro Imaging/Sketching Contest *Observing* -----   NEO   Planetary and Solar System Observing   Lunar Observing   Deep Sky Observing   Double Star Observing   Solar   Variable Star Observing and Radio Astronomy*Telescope Specific Forums* -----   Celestron NexStar    NexStar GPS / CPC Telescopes   Questar Forum   Meade ACF/RCX / LX / GPS    Meade ETX*Speciality Forums* -----   Arizona Science and Astronomy Expo   NEAF (Northeast Astronomy Forum) and NEAIC (Northeast Astro Imaging Conference)   AstroArt   Astronomy Clubs and Star Parties   Astronomy Software & Computers   AstroWebsites   Science! Astronomy & Space Exploration, and Others   Space Rocks   Stellar Media*Swap and Shop* -----   Shop and Swap Audio Components*CN Feedback and Vendor Announcements* -----   Vendor and Group Announcements*International Year of Astronomy 2009 - Forums are now closed.* -----   IYA Archive Info CN Forums Home

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