01562cam a22003013a 4500 4065 PGUSA 20140828083048.0 030501s2003||||xxu|||||s|||||000 | eng d PGUSA eng dc QB Newcomb, Simon, 1835-1909 Side-Lights on Astronomy and Kindred Fields of Popular Science [electronic resource] / Simon Newcomb Project Gutenberg, 2003 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. Public domain in the USA. Electronic text Flying-machines Astronomy Rain-making Compass Learning and scholarship Hyperspace Project Gutenberg 4065 http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/4065 EB 233394 233394 0 0 0 GTB GTB 2014-08-28 0 2014-08-28 00:00:00 2014-08-28 EB