An edition of Side-lights on astronomy and kindred fields of popular science: essays and addresses.
(1906)
Side-lights on astronomy and kindred fields of popular science
by Simon Newcomb
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Astronomy, Learning and scholarship, Rain-making, Flying-machines, Compass, HyperspaceShowing 7 featured editions. View all 7 editions?
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Side-Lights on Astronomy and Kindred Fields of Popular Science (Dodo Press)
September 11, 2007, Dodo Press
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Table of 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.
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Largely reprinted from various periodicals.
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