Astronomically Speaking ; A Dictionaryof Quotations on Astronomyand Physics(1) by unknow

Author:unknow
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2012-12-22T16:00:00+00:00

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ASTRONOMICALLY SPEAKING

devoted to quotations on astronomy. Astronomically Speaking fills thatneed.

The understanding of the history, the accomplishments and failures,and the meanings of astronomy requires a knowledge of what has beensaid by the authoritative and the not so authoritative philosophers,novelists, playwrights, poets, scientists and laymen about astronomy.Because of the multidisciplinary interrelationships that exists it is virtuallyimpossible for an individual to keep abreast of the literature outside oftheir own particular specialization. With this in mind, AstronomicallySpeaking assumes a particularly important role as a guide to what has beensaid in the past through the present about astronomy.

Astronomically Speaking was designed as an aid for the general readerwho has an interest in astronomical topics as well as for the experiencedscientist. The general reader with no knowledge of astronomy whoreads Astronomically Speaking can form a pretty accurate picture of whatastronomy is. Students can use the book to increase their understandingof the complexity and richness that exists within the scientific disciplines.Finally, the experienced scientist will find Astronomically Speaking useful asa source of quotes for use in the classroom, in papers and in presentations.We have striven to compile the book so that any reader can easily andquickly access the wit and wisdom that exists and a quick glance throughthe table of contents will show the variety of topics discussed.

A book of quotations, even as restricted in scope as AstronomicallySpeaking is, can never be complete. Many quotations worthy of entry have,no doubt, been omitted because we did not know of them. However, wehave tried to make it fairly comprehensive and have searched far and widefor the material. If you are aware of any quotes that should be includedplease send them in for the second edition.

Quite a few of the quotations have been used frequently and will berecognized while others have probably not been used before. All of thequotations included in Astronomically Speaking were compiled with thehope that they will be found useful. The authority for each quotationshas been given with the fullest possible information that we could findso as to help you pinpoint the quotation in its appropriate context ordiscover more quotations in the original source. When the original sourcecould not be located we indicated where we found the quote. Sometimes,however, we only had the quote and not the source. When this happenedwe listed the source as unknown and included the quotation anyway sothat it would not become lost in time.

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