{"id":128,"date":"2010-09-20T13:36:15","date_gmt":"2010-09-20T17:36:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/core\/?p=128"},"modified":"2010-09-24T13:49:39","modified_gmt":"2010-09-24T17:49:39","slug":"prof-hudons-guide-to-the-cosmos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/core\/2010\/09\/20\/prof-hudons-guide-to-the-cosmos\/","title":{"rendered":"Prof. Hudon&#8217;s guide to the cosmos"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote><p>The light from Andromeda that is received by your eyes tonight left the galaxy well before humans were still relying on rock walls to be their art galleries.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">\u2013 <a href=\"http:\/\/people.bu.edu\/hudon\/\">Daniel Hudon<\/a>,<em> Bluffer\u2019s Guide to the Cosmos<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ovalbooks.com\/bluff\/Cosmos.html\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-129\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/core\/files\/2010\/09\/book.JPG\" alt=\"Bluffer's Guide to the Cosmos\" width=\"187\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a>Prof. Hudon, one of the able instructors in the Core Natural Sciences, is the author of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Bluffers-Guide-Cosmos-Guides\/dp\/1903096421\"><em>Bluffer\u2019s Guide to the Cosmos<\/em><\/a>, published by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ovalbooks.com\/bluff\/Cosmos.html\">Oval Books<\/a> in 2009. As reviewed in BBC Sky at Night: \u201cThe latest in the wonderful Bluffer\u2019s Guide series takes us on a whirlwind tour of the Universe\u2026 even the most expert astronomer will enjoy digging out these nuggets to convey at an astro convention, or to enliven dinner party talk. Buy, and enjoy!\u201d A more detailed review appeared in <a href=\"http:\/\/www.universetoday.com\/2009\/11\/10\/the-bluffers-guide-to-the-cosmos\/\">UniverseToday<\/a>. Here is a short <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=_p1i61bsNqo\">Youtube trailer<\/a> Prof. Hudon made for the book,\u00a0 and a video <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=KqluN_QD4KU\">introduction<\/a> for the book.<\/p>\n<p>Prof. Hudon\u2019s erudition and good humor are well-known among his students. The same qualities are found through this book. \u00a0Whether you\u2019re concerned with Black Holes or Big Bangs, \u00a0<em>Bluffer\u2019s Guide to the Cosmo <\/em>will prepare you <em>thoroughly<\/em> to do a little more than bluff through each one.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The light from Andromeda that is received by your eyes tonight left the galaxy well before humans were still relying on rock walls to be their art galleries. \u2013 Daniel Hudon, Bluffer\u2019s Guide to the Cosmos Prof. Hudon, one of the able instructors in the Core Natural Sciences, is the author of Bluffer\u2019s Guide to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1284,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3838],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/core\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/128"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/core\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/core\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/core\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1284"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/core\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=128"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/core\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/128\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":132,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/core\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/128\/revisions\/132"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/core\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=128"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/core\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=128"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/core\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=128"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}