Bad astronomy

misconceptions and misuses revealed, from astrology to the moon landing 'hoax'

by Philip C. Plait

277 pages

English language

Published Sept. 7, 2002 by Wiley.

ISBN:: 978-0-471-40976-2
OCLC Number:: 48885221

(12 reviews)

Advance praise for Philip Plait s Bad Astronomy "Bad Astronomy is just plain good! Philip Plait clears up every misconception on astronomy and space you never knew you suffered from." --Stephen Maran, Author of Astronomy for Dummies and editor of The Astronomy and Astrophysics Encyclopedia "Thank the cosmos for the bundle of star stuff named Philip Plait, who is the world s leading consumer advocate for quality science in space and on Earth. This important contribution to science will rest firmly on my reference library shelf, ready for easy access the next time an astrologer calls." --Dr. Michael Shermer, Publisher of Skeptic magazine, monthly columnist for Scientific American, and author of The Borderlands of Science "Philip Plait has given us a readable, erudite, informative, useful, and entertaining book. Bad Astronomy is Good Science. Very good science..." --James "The Amazing" Randi, President, James Randi...

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4 stars

Very good pop science. I would have appreciated a liiiittle BIT more maths/physics. Typical example - at some point he talks about orbital energy, and I ended up looking that up for myself - so, in a sense, good that it gave me the taste for it enough; in another, slightly frustrating that it wasn't just a little bit more "here's the equation" content. Still - I learnt stuff, and I want to dig more in the topic - so that's definitely a good thing :)