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Astronomy for entertainment

By Yakov , Perelman

Book information

Publisher
University Press of the Pacific
Year
2000
ISBN
9780898750560, 0898750563
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
8 MB (8589672 bytes)
Pages
193\190
Time added
2017-08-15 11:00:00
Astronomy.

Description

Overview: Astronomy is a fortunate science; it needs no embellishments, said the French savant Arago. So fascinating are its achievements that no special effort is needed to attract attention. Nonetheless, the science of the heavens is not only a collection of astonishing revelations and daring theories. Ordinary facts, things that happen, day by day, are its substance. Most laymen have, generally speaking, a rather hazy notion of this prosaic aspect of astronomy. They find it of little interest, for it is indeed hard to concentrate on what is always before the eye.

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