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Side-lights on astronomy and kindred fields of popular science;

Title: Side-lights on astronomy and kindred fields of popular science; essays and addresses by Simon Newcomb ...
Author: Newcomb, Simon, 1835-1909.
Publication: New York, London, Harper & brothers, 1906.

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Description

vii, [1] p., 1 l., 349, [1] p. front. (port.) illus., plates.; 22 cm.

Subject

Note

Largely reprinted from various periodicals.

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.

Call Number

OMX (Newcomb, S. Side-lights on astronomy and kindred fields of popular science)

LCCN

06034834 //r87

OCLC

1240111

Author

Newcomb, Simon, 1835-1909.

Title

Side-lights on astronomy and kindred fields of popular science; essays and addresses by Simon Newcomb ...

Imprint

New York, London, Harper & brothers, 1906.

Research Call Number

OMX (Newcomb, S. Side-lights on astronomy and kindred fields of popular science)

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