Apollo in Perspective: Spaceflight Then and Now
暫譯: 《阿波羅的視角：太空飛行的過去與現在》

這本特別版的《Apollo in Perspective》紀念了1969年阿波羅11號登陸月球50週年。全書經過更新和修訂，回顧了阿波羅太空計畫及其用於將人類送上月球的技術。此外，還新增了一章，展望當代太空飛行的未來，包括重返月球的阿爾忒彌斯計畫以及前往火星的計畫。

本書使用簡單的插圖和學校水平的數學，解釋了太空飛行的基本物理學和技術，從火箭的運作原理到軌道的動力學，以及如何在旋轉的太空船中模擬重力。數學附錄展示了某些公式的推導過程。

這是一本對於任何對太空和太空飛行感興趣的讀者來說，極佳的宇航學入門書籍。

特色：

- 易於理解，以友好和非正式的風格撰寫
- 包含現實世界的例子和案例研究
- 全書更新，新增有關阿波羅任務和人類太空飛行近期未來的新章節。

Jonathan Allday teaches physics at Woodhouse Grove School where he is also Director of Digital Strategy.

After taking his first degree in physics at Cambridge, he moved to Liverpool University where he gained a PhD in particle physics in 1989. While carrying out his research, he joined with a group of academics and teachers working on an optional syllabus to be incorporated into A-level Physics. This new option was designed to bring students up to date on advances in particle physics and cosmology. An examining board accepted the syllabus in 1993 and now similar components appear on most advanced courses and some aimed at GCSE level.

Shortly after this, Jonathan started work on Quarks, Leptons and the Big Bang, published by CRC Press and now in its 3rd edition, which was intended as a rigorous but accessible introduction to these topics. Since then he has also written Apollo in Perspective; Quantum Reality; and Space-time: An Introduction to Einstein's Theory of Gravity also published by CRC, as well as co-authoring various textbooks for 16+ level, most prominently Advanced Physics from the well-respected OUP series of Advanced Science books. He is also active writing articles for Physics Review which is a journal intended for 16+ physicists.

Outside of teaching physics, Jonathan has a keen interest in cricket and Formula 1, although no ability in either sport. He and his wife Carolyn live in Yorkshire and spend a reasonable amount of time wandering the country following their three children in their sporting endeavours. While his eldest son somehow found his way into Accountancy via Psychology, his middle son is reading Physics at Bristol and his youngest is completing A levels and hoping to read philosophy.

喬納森·奧爾德（Jonathan Allday）在伍德豪斯格羅夫學校教授物理學，並擔任數位策略主任。

在劍橋大學獲得物理學學士學位後，他轉到利物浦大學，於1989年獲得粒子物理學博士學位。在進行研究的過程中，他與一群學者和教師合作，開發了一個可選的課程大綱，該大綱將納入A-level物理學中。這個新選項旨在讓學生了解粒子物理學和宇宙學的最新進展。考試委員會於1993年接受了該課程大綱，現在類似的內容出現在大多數高級課程中，以及一些針對GCSE級別的課程。

不久之後，喬納森開始撰寫《夸克、輕子與大爆炸》（Quarks, Leptons and the Big Bang），該書由CRC Press出版，目前已進入第三版，旨在作為這些主題的嚴謹但易於理解的入門書籍。此後，他還撰寫了《阿波羅的視角；量子現實》（Apollo in Perspective; Quantum Reality）和《時空：愛因斯坦重力理論的介紹》（Space-time: An Introduction to Einstein's Theory of Gravity），同樣由CRC出版，並共同編寫了多本針對16歲以上學生的教科書，最著名的是來自受人尊敬的牛津大學出版社（OUP）高級科學書籍系列的《高級物理學》（Advanced Physics）。他還積極為《物理學評論》（Physics Review）撰寫文章，該期刊旨在服務於16歲以上的物理學家。

除了教授物理學外，喬納森對板球和F1賽車有濃厚的興趣，儘管在這兩項運動上都沒有特別的能力。他和妻子卡羅琳（Carolyn）住在約克郡，花費相當多的時間在全國各地隨著三個孩子的體育活動而遊蕩。雖然他的長子不知怎麼地通過心理學進入了會計學，但他的中間兒子在布里斯托大學學習物理學，而他的幼子則正在完成A-level，並希望學習哲學。