Astronomically Speaking: A Dictionary of Quotations on Astronomy and PhysicsC.C. Gaither, Alma E Cavazos-Gaither To understand the history, accomplishments, failures, and meanings of astronomy requires a knowledge of what has been said about astronomy by philosophers, novelists, playwrights, poets, scientists, and laymen. With this in mind, Astronomically Speaking: A Dictionary of Quotations on Astronomy and Physics serves as a guide to what has been said abo |
Contents
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Meteor | 188 |
Milky Way | 192 |
Mind | 195 |
Model | 198 |
Molecule | 199 |
Momentum | 200 |
Moon | 201 |
Moon Landing | 206 |
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Axiom | 43 |
Beauty | 44 |
Big Bang | 48 |
Black Hole | 50 |
Book | 52 |
Celestial Motion | 54 |
Chance | 55 |
Change | 56 |
Chaos | 57 |
Comet | 58 |
Communication | 63 |
Compulsory | 64 |
Concept | 65 |
Constellation | 67 |
Cosmochemistry | 75 |
Cosmogny | 76 |
Cosmology | 77 |
Cosmos | 79 |
Creation | 81 |
Curiosity | 82 |
Untitled | 84 |
Data | 85 |
Depletion | 86 |
Design | 87 |
Determinism | 88 |
Differential Equations | 89 |
Dimension | 91 |
Discovery | 92 |
Distance | 96 |
Dogma | 97 |
Dust | 98 |
Eclipse | 100 |
Electron | 104 |
Ellipse | 105 |
Energy | 106 |
Equation | 109 |
Error | 110 |
Eternity | 111 |
Event | 113 |
Experiment | 114 |
Extraterrestrial Life | 115 |
Fact | 124 |
Force | 128 |
Formula | 129 |
Fusion | 130 |
Future | 131 |
Galaxy | 132 |
Geometry | 134 |
God | 136 |
Grain | 140 |
Gravitational Lens | 141 |
Gravity | 142 |
Heavens | 144 |
Hypothesis | 148 |
Idea | 150 |
Ignorance | 152 |
Imagination | 153 |
Impossible | 157 |
Infinite | 158 |
Instrument | 161 |
Interaction | 164 |
Knowledge | 165 |
Laws | 169 |
Learn | 172 |
Life | 173 |
Light | 175 |
Logic | 177 |
Magnetic | 179 |
Man | 180 |
Matter | 182 |
Measurement | 184 |
Mechanics | 185 |
Mere | 186 |
Metaphor | 187 |
Motion | 208 |
Muon | 210 |
Nature | 211 |
Neutrino | 217 |
Night | 218 |
Notation | 220 |
Novae | 221 |
Observation | 222 |
Observatory | 228 |
Observer | 229 |
Order | 230 |
Other Worlds | 232 |
Paradox | 233 |
Particle | 234 |
Past | 236 |
Patterns | 237 |
Phenomenon | 239 |
Philosophy | 241 |
Photons | 244 |
Physicist | 245 |
Physics | 248 |
Pion | 256 |
Planet | 257 |
Position | 268 |
Problem | 269 |
Progress | 271 |
Proof | 273 |
Quantum | 277 |
Quasar | 280 |
Question | 281 |
Radio Astronomy | 283 |
Reality | 285 |
Reason | 288 |
Red Shift | 290 |
Relativity | 292 |
Research | 293 |
Scattering | 294 |
Science | 295 |
Scientific | 308 |
Scientist | 310 |
Senses | 312 |
Shadow | 313 |
Simplicity | 315 |
Sky | 317 |
Solar System | 321 |
Space | 323 |
Spacetime | 328 |
Space Travel | 330 |
Spectra | 334 |
Spin | 336 |
Spiral Arms | 337 |
Star | 338 |
Study | 354 |
Stupidity | 355 |
Sun | 356 |
Sunspot | 360 |
Supernova | 361 |
Symmetry | 363 |
Teach | 365 |
Telescope | 366 |
Theory | 371 |
Thermodynamics | 376 |
Time | 378 |
Time Travel | 382 |
Truth | 383 |
UFO | 385 |
Uncertainty | 386 |
Understand | 387 |
Universe | 389 |
Unknown | 416 |
Vacuum | 418 |
Vernal Equinox | 419 |
Vernier | 420 |
Wave | 421 |
Wisdom | 422 |
Work | 423 |
World | 424 |
Writing | 426 |
Bibliography | 428 |
Permissions | 460 |
Subject By Author Index | 466 |
Author By Subject Index | 521 |
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Astronomically Speaking: A Dictionary of Quotations on Astronomy and Physics C.C. Gaither,Alma E Cavazos-Gaither No preview available - 2003 |
Astronomically Speaking: A Dictionary of Quotations on Astronomy and Physics C.C. Gaither,Alma E Cavazos-Gaither No preview available - 2003 |
Astronomically Speaking: A Dictionary of Quotations on Astronomy and Physics C. c. Gaither No preview available - 2018 |
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