Wacky and Wonderful Misconceptions About Our Universe. (2018)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Geoffrey Kirby.
• Authors: Kirby, Geoffrey
• Contents: Chapter 1: Introduction.- Chapter 2: The Sun and Its Solar System -- A Sexy Musical Pool Game? Chapter 3: Our Three Wacky Inner Planets -- Imaginary, Delusionary and Inhabited.- Chapter 4: Earth -- Flat, Hollow or Inside Out?.- Chapter 5: Our Moon - Inhabited, Small and Icy.- Chapter 6: Mars: Inhabited and a Threat?.- Chapter 7: Solar System Rubble: The Home of Princess Moon Owl?.- Chapter 8: The Outer Planets -- Forests of Hemp, Armadas of Seamen and the Holy Foreskin of Jesus.- Chapter 9: Wackiness Beyond the Solar System.- Chapter 10: Is It Wacky to Believe in Astrology and UFOs?.- Index.
• Publisher Details: Cham : Springer
• Publication Date: 2018
• Copyright Date: 2018
• Extent: 1 online resource (258 pages)
• Subjects: Popular works; Astronomy; History; Science -- Astronomy; Science -- History; Science -- Cosmology; Astronomy, space & time; History of science; Relativity physics; Popular astronomy & space
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783319730226
• Related ISBNs: 9783319730219
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