1st Edition
Astronomically Speaking A Dictionary of Quotations on Astronomy and Physics
546 Pages
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CRC Press
546 Pages
by
CRC Press
546 Pages
by
CRC Press
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To understand the history, accomplishments, failures, and meanings of astronomy requires a knowledge of what has been said about astronomy by philosophers, novelists, playwrights, poets, scientists, and laymen. Astronomically Speaking: A Dictionary of Quotations on Astronomy and Physics serves as a guide to what has been said about astronomy through the ages, from the past to the present.... Read more
PREFACE. ACCURACY. AGE. ANALOGY. ARBITRARY. ASTEROID. ASTROLOGY. ASTRONAUTS. ASTRONOMER. ASTRONOMICAL. ASTRONOMICAL SONGS. ASTRONOMY. ASTRONOMY MNEMONICS. ATOM. ATOMIC POWER. ATOMISM. AURORA BOREALIS. AXIAL TILT. AXIOM. BEAUTY. BIG BANG. BLACK HOLE. BOOK. CELESTIAL MOTION. CHANCE. CHANGE. CHAOS. COMET. COMMUNICATION. COMPULSORY. CONCEPT. CONSTELLATION. COSMOCHEMISTRY. COSMOGONY. COSMOLOGY. COSMOS. CREATION. CURIOSITY. DARK MATTER. DATA. DEPLETION. DESIGN. DETERMINISM. DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS. DIMENSION. DISCOVERY. DISTANCE. DOGMA. DUST. ECLIPSE. ELECTRON. ELLIPSE. ENERGY. EQUATION. ERROR. ETERNITY. EVENT. EXPERIMENT. EXTERRESTRIAL LIFE. FACT. FAITH. FORCE. FORMULA. FUSION. FUTURE. GALAXY. GEOMETRY. GOD. GRAIN. GRAVITATIONAL LENS. GRAVITY. HEAVENS. HYPOTHESIS. IDEA. IGNORANCE. IMAGINATION. IMPOSSIBLE. INFINITE. INSTRUMENT. INTERACTION. KNOWLEDGE. LAWS. LEARN. LIFE. LIGHT. LOGIC. MAGNETIC. MAN. MATTER. MEASUREMENT. MECHANICS. MERE. METAPHOR. METEOR. MILKY WAY. MIND. MODEL. MOLECULE. MOMENTUM. MOON. MOON LANDING. MOTION. MUON. NATURE. NEUTRINO. NIGHT. NOTATION. NOVAE. OBSERVATION. OBSERVTORY. OBSERVER. OBJECTIVE. ORDER. OTHER WORLDS. PARADOX. PARTICLE. PAST. PATTERNS. PHENOMENON. PHILOSOPHY. PHOTONS. PHYSICIST. PHYSICS. PION. PLANET. POSITRON. PROBLEM. PROGRESS. PROOF. QUANTUM. QUASAR. QUESTION. RADIO ASTRONOMY. REALITY. REASON. RED SHIFT. RELATIVITY. RESEARCH. SCATTERING. SCIENCE. SCIENTIFIC. SCIENTIST. SENSES. SHADOW. SIMPLICITY. SKY. SOLAR SYSTEM. SPACE. SPACETIME. SPACE TRAVEL. SPECTRA. SPIN. SPIRAL ARMS. STAR. STUDY. STUPIDITY. SUN. SUNSPOT. SUPERNOVA. SYMMETRY. TEACH. TELESCOPE. THEORY. THERMODYNAMICS. TIME. TIME TRAVEL. TRUTH. UFO. UNCERTAINTY. UNDERSTAND. UNIFICATION. UNIVERSE. UNKNOWN. VACUUM. VERNAL EQUINOX. VERNIER. WAVE. WISDOM. WORK. WORLD. WRITING. BIBLIOGRAPHY. SUBJECT BY AUTHOR INDEX. AUTHOR BY SUBJECT INDEX.
Biography
C.C. Gaither, Alma E Cavazos-Gaither
