| Description |
vii, 277 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 259-262) and index. |
| Contents |
Bad astronomy begins at home. The yolk's on you : egg balancing and the equinox -- Flushed with embarrassment : the coriolis effect and your bathroom -- Idiom's delight : bad astronomy in everyday language -- From the earth to the moon. Blue skies smiling at me : why the sky is blue -- 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 -- Skies at night are big and bright. Twinkle, twinkle, little star : why stars appear to twinkle -- 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 -- Artificial intelligence. Appalled at Apollo : uncovering the moon-landing hoax -- 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 -- Beam me up. Hubble trouble : Hubble space telescope misconceptions -- Star hustlers : star naming for dummies -- Bad astronomy goes Hollywood : the top-ten examples of bad astronomy in major motion pictures. |
| Subject |
Astronomy -- Popular works.
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Astronomy -- Popular works. |
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Astronomy -- Miscellanea.
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Astronomy -- Miscellanea. |
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Errors, Scientific.
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Errors, Scientific. |
| Genre/Form |
Trivia and miscellanea.
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Trivia and miscellanea.
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| ISBN |
0471409766 acid-free paper |
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