Astronomy for entertainment
Astronomy for entertainment By Perelman, Yakov
2000 | 193 Pages | ISBN: 0898750563 | PDF | 9 MB
2000 | 193 Pages | ISBN: 0898750563 | PDF | 9 MB
Overview: Astronomy is a fortunate science; it needs no embellishments, said the French savant Arago. So fascinating are its achievements that no special effort is needed to attract attention. Nonetheless, the science of the heavens is not only a collection of astonishing revelations and daring theories. Ordinary facts, things that happen, day by day, are its substance. Most laymen have, generally speaking, a rather hazy notion of this prosaic aspect of astronomy. They find it of little interest, for it is indeed hard to concentrate on what is always before the eye.