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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
  • 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 //r87
OCLC
  • ocm01240111
  • SCSB-135434
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library