; 1997 1st edition Innovation in Astronomy Education, co-edited with Rosa M. Ros and Naomi Pasachoff (Cambridge University Press, 2008) Peterson First Guide to Astronomy, 2nd ed. (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2013) Teaching and Learning of Astronomy: Effective Strategies for Educators Worldwide, co-edited with John Percy (Cambridge University Press, 2005) The Complete Idiot's Guide to the Sun (Alpha Books, 2003) Nearest Star: The Exciting Science of Our Sun, co-authored with Leon Golub (Harvard University Press, 2001) , 2nd edition, 2014, Cambridge University Press The Teaching of Astronomy, co-edited with John Percy (Cambridge University Press; Reprint edition, 1992) Fire in the Sky: Comets and Meteors, the Decisive Centuries, in British Art and Science, co-authored with Roberta J. M. Olson, both beneficiaries of Getty Fellowships, (Cambridge University Press, 1998) Earth Science, co-authored with Naomi Pasachoff and Tim Cooney (Scott Foresman, 1990) Physical Science, co-authored with Naomi Pasachoff and Tim Cooney (Scott Foresman, 1990) See also Asteroid 5100 Pasachoff Asteroid 68109 Naomipasachoff Richard Wolfson (physicist), co-author of a physics textbook with Pasachoff References External links Pasachoff's web site at Williams Solarcorona.com Biography for Jay M. Pasachoff on the Meade 4M Community web site Why I Never Miss a Solar Eclipse, By Jay M. Pasachoff, Published in The New York Times: July 9, 2010 9 Things You Should Know about Our Universe, Williams Alumni Bulletin, By Jay M. Pasachoff, Published: September 2011, 30–31. 1943 births 2022 deaths The Bronx High School of Science alumni Harvard College alumni American astronomers American Jews American textbook writers American male non-fiction writers American skeptics Williams College faculty Scientists from New York City Harvard College Observatory people California Institute of Technology people Fellows of the American Physical Society Fellows of the American Astronomical Society Harvard Graduate School of Arts and Sciences alumni