Astronomically Speaking: A Dictionary of Quotations on Astronomy and PhysicsC.C. Gaither, Alma E Cavazos-Gaither CRC Press, 1 авг. 2003 г. - Всего страниц: 545 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 |
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... human minds can rest content with a mere catalogue of observed facts ; an alert mind asks always for the why and the wherefore . Astronomy and Cosmogony Chapter I ( p . 1 ) Jeffers , Robinson The learned astronomer Analyzing the light ...
... human minds can rest content with a mere catalogue of observed facts ; an alert mind asks always for the why and the wherefore . Astronomy and Cosmogony Chapter I ( p . 1 ) Jeffers , Robinson The learned astronomer Analyzing the light ...
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... human life, the unique appeal of astronomy is incommunicable; easily understood through direct experience, but not to be precisely defined or explained. Nor should any explanation be thought necessary . The area of. 22 Astronomy.
... human life, the unique appeal of astronomy is incommunicable; easily understood through direct experience, but not to be precisely defined or explained. Nor should any explanation be thought necessary . The area of. 22 Astronomy.
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... human mind—the noblest record of its intelligence. Seduced by the illusions of the senses, and of self-love, man considered himself, for a long time, as the centre about which the celestial bodies revolved, and his pride was justly ...
... human mind—the noblest record of its intelligence. Seduced by the illusions of the senses, and of self-love, man considered himself, for a long time, as the centre about which the celestial bodies revolved, and his pride was justly ...
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... human conceits than this distant image of our tiny world. To me, it underscores our responsibility to deal more kindly with one another, and to preserve and cherish the pale blue dot, the only home we've ever known. Pale Blue Dot ...
... human conceits than this distant image of our tiny world. To me, it underscores our responsibility to deal more kindly with one another, and to preserve and cherish the pale blue dot, the only home we've ever known. Pale Blue Dot ...
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... with the rest of the universe. But these and many other points are too obviously suggested by their importance to need any distinction which this society can bestow: the applause of the human race attends his labours ; ASTRONOMY 27.
... with the rest of the universe. But these and many other points are too obviously suggested by their importance to need any distinction which this society can bestow: the applause of the human race attends his labours ; ASTRONOMY 27.
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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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