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The Ways of the Planets
by Martha Evans Martin
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| Editorial Review |
| Though it has been supplanted by later scientific discovery, this 1912 volume is as much a love letter to the night sky as it is a compendium of the state of astronomical knowledge at the turn of the 20th century, and so it remains a lovely read for those who understand the romance of scientific inquiry. The observational advice of this little book is still entirely useful-its tips for finding Mercury, Mars, and Venus by the naked eye are clear and concise-but even more vitally, its ponderings on the beauty of the planets manage still, a century later, to bring us Earthlings a little closer to those distant worlds. MARTHA EVANS MARTIN (d. 1925) also wrote the classic guide to naked-eye astronomy The Friendly Stars. |
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| Product Details |
- Publisher: Cosimo Classics
- ISBN-10: 1-59605-907-9
- ISBN-13: 978-1-59605-907-8
- Amazon.com Sales Rank #9254381
- Published on: September 01, 2006
- Number of items: 1
- Binding: Paperback
- 292 pages
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