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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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vii pages, 1 unnumbered page, 1 leaf, 349 pages, 1 unnumbered page : frontispiece (portrait), illustrations, plates.; 22 cm
Subject
  • Astronomy
  • Compass
  • Hyperspace
  • Learning and scholarship
  • Rain-making
  • Flying-machines
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.
LCCN
06034834
OCLC
ocm01240111
Owning Institutions
Columbia University Libraries