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Death from the Skies!: These Are The Ways The World Will End by Phil Plait
Bad Astronomy: Misconceptions and Misuses Revealed, from Astrology to the Moon Landing "Hoax" by Phil Plait
Bad Science by Ben GoldacreFind my speling strange? I'm trying this out: Simplified Speling. Feel free to join me.
"Nature has placed mankind under the governance of two sovereign masters, pain and pleasure. It is for them alone to point out what we ought to do, as well as to determine what we shall do."-Jeremy Bentham
"We question all our beliefs, except for the ones that we really believe in, and those we never think to question."-Orson Scott Card
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Chaos: Making a New Science by Charles Gleick
The discovery of the fractal nature of our physical existence changed science.Glendower: I can call spirits from the vasty deep.
Hotspur: Why, so can I, or so can any man;
But will they come when you do call for them? Shakespeare’s Henry IV, Part 1, Act III:
go with the flow the river knows . . .
Frank
I do not know, therefore everything is in pencil.
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The History and Practice of Ancient Astronomy
James Evans
Have you ever felt unsatisfied by being told facts about the shapes/sizes/movements of the solar system and wondered how in the world anyone knows any of that only from watching the movement of lights in the sky, only from the perspective of the surface of the earth? E.g. how could you conclude that any one light in the sky is closer/farther than another?
This book starts from raw observation and experiments that it teaches you to do, and shows you how to make the calculations to deduce that the earth is round, calculate the size of the earth, distances to the moon and sun, the tilt of the earth's axis, and much more.
It has history for those who are interested in the history. It explains what the ancients knew and how they knew it (and they knew a lot). And teaches you how to do it like they did it, including constructing your own astrolabe. But even if it's not the history you are interested in, I think it's really valuable in showing you how the model of the solar system is derived, from the ground up. And thus I think it is an excellent introduction to astronomy.
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Originally posted by Sea of red View PostPlease post any science related books you have enjoyed, want to review, or recommend to others. They can be anything from popular science books for a general audience to textbooks for the professional. This also includes internet literature that are public domain.
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Originally posted by Barry Desborough View PostHuman Evolution - Graeme Finlay.
I'm always still in trouble again
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