Hindsight and Popular Astronomy
Hindsight and Popular Astronomy

Author: Alan B. Whiting

Publisher: World Scientific

Published: 2011

Total Pages: 286

ISBN-13: 9814307912

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Named a Top Ten Book of 2011 by Physics World, UK.There are many books that endeavor to bridge the gap between scientists and laymen, yet too many overemphasize the presentation of scientific findings as hard facts and end up alienating readers from the critical thinking processes involved in science.Whiting attempts to break away from the norm in this revolutionary review of popular astronomy books written from 1833 to 1944. He examines these important works by acknowledged authorities in the field to see how they have stood the test of time. Where the luminaries have failed, he looks for clues that the layman reader could have used to raise doubts about what was being said. The aim of this highly accessible book is to develop tools for the non-scientist to evaluate the strange and marvelous results that astronomers report, in place of the highly-developed scientific and mathematical techniques available to the scientists themselves. A must-read for all science and astronomy enthusiasts.

Popular Astronomy, Vol. 8
Popular Astronomy, Vol. 8

Author: William Wallace Payne

Publisher: Forgotten Books

Published: 2018-02-06

Total Pages: 628

ISBN-13: 9780267968695

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Excerpt from Popular Astronomy, Vol. 8: A Review of Astronomy and Allied Sciences Of equal importance is the fact that Engel's book gives to the world at last a complete, available text-book of non-euclidean geometry. There is no other to compare with it. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.