Side-lights on astronomy and kindred fields of popular science
Simon Newcomb
Bok · Engelsk · 1906
| Utgitt | New York, London : Harper & brothers , 1906
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| Omfang | vii, [1] p., 1 l., 349, [1] p. : front. (port.) illus., plates.
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| Opplysninger | Complete Contents : The unsolved problems of astronomy.--The new problems of the universe.--The structure of the universe.--The extent of the universe.--Making and using a telescope.--What the astronomers are doing.--Life in the universe.--How the planets are weighed.--The mariner's compass.--The fairyland of geometry.--The organization of scientific research.--Can we make it rain?--The astronomical ephemeris and nautical almanac.--The world's debt to astronomy.--An astronomical friendship.--The evolution of the scientific investigator.--The evolution of astronomical knowledge.--Aspects of American astronomy.--The universe as an organism.--The relation of scientific method to social progress.--The outlook for the flying-machine.. - Largely reprinted from various periodicals.
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