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Author:

Plait, Philip C.

Title:

Bad astronomy : misconceptions and misuses revealed, from astrology to the moon landing 'hoax' / Philip C. Plait ; [illustrations by Tina Cash Walsh].

Publisher:

Wiley,

Copyright Date:

c2002

Description:

vii, 277 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Subject:

Astronomy--Popular works.
Astronomy--Miscellanea.
Errors, Scientific.
Sterrenkunde.
Misvattingen.
Misbruik.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 259-262) and index.

Contents:

pt. 1 Bad astronomy begins at home : Idiom's delight : bad astronomy in everyday language. Flushed with embarrassment : the Coriolis Effect and your bathroom -- Idiom's delight : bad astronomy in everyday language.
pt. 2 From the earth to the moon : The moon hits your eye like a big pizza pie : the big moon illusion. A dash of seasons : why summer turns to fall -- Phase the nation : the moon's changing face -- The gravity of the situation : the moon and the tides -- The moon hits your eye like a big pizza pie : the big moon illusion.
pt. 3 Skies at night are big and bright : When the universe throws you a curve : misunderstanding the beginning of it all. Star light, star white : stars of many colors -- Well, well : the difficulty of daylight star sighting -- The brightest star : Polaris, just another face in the crowd -- Shadows in the sky : eclipses and sun-watching -- The disaster that wasn't : the great planetary alignment of 2000 -- Meteors, meteoroids, and meteorites, oh my! : the impact of meteors and asteroids -- When the universe throws you a curve : misunderstanding the beginning of it all.
pt. 4 Artificial intelligence : Mars is in the seventh house, but Venus has left the building : why astrology doesn't work. Worlds in derision : Velikovsky vs. modern science -- In the beginning : creationism and astronomy -- Misidentified flying objects : UFOs and illusions of the mind and eye -- Mars is in the seventh house, but Venus has left the building : why astrology doesn't work.
pt. 5 Beam me up : Bad astronomy goes Hollywood : the top-ten examples of bad astronomy in major motion pictures. Star hustlers : star naming for dummies -- Bad astronomy goes Hollywood : the top-ten examples of bad astronomy in major motion pictures.

ISBN:

9780471409762 (acid-free paper)
0471409766 (acid-free paper)

LCCN:

2002277382

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