Bad Astronomy: Misconceptions and Misuses Revealed, from Astrology to the Moon

Description: Introduction. PART I: Bad Astronomy Begins at Home. 1. The Yolk's on You: Egg Balancing and the Equinox. 2. Flushed with Embarrassment: The Coriolis Effect and Your Bathroom. 3. Idiom's Delight: Bad Astronomy in Everyday Language. PART II: From the Earth to the Moon. 4. Blue Skies Smiling at Me: Why the Sky Is Blue. 5. A Dash of Seasons: Why Summer Turns to Fall. 6. Phase the Nation: The Moon's Changing Face. 7. The Gravity of the Situation: The Moon and the Tides. 8. The Moon Hits Your Eye Like a Big Pizza Pie: The Big Moon Illusion. PART III: Skies at Night Are Big and Bright. 9. Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star: Why Stars Appear to Twinkle. 10. Star Light, Star White: Stars of Many Colors. 11. Well, Well: The Difficulty of Daylight Star Sighting. 12. The Brightest Star: Polaris-Just Another Face in the Crowd. 13. Shadows in the Sky: Eclipses and Sun-Watching. 14. The Disaster that Wasn't: The Great Planetary Alignment of 2000. 15. Meteors, Meteoroids, and Meteorites, Oh My!: The Impact of Meteors and Asteroids. 16. When the Universe Throws You a Curve: Misunderstanding the Beginning of It All. PART IV: Artificial Intelligence. 17. Appalled at Apollo: Uncovering the Moon-Landing Hoax. 18. Worlds in Derision: Velikovsky vs. Modern Science. 19. In the Beginning: Creationism and Astronomy. 20. Misidentified Flying Objects: UFOs and Illusions of the Mind and Eye. 21. Mars Is in the Seventh House, But Venus Has Left the Building: Why Astrology Doesn't Work. PARTV: Beam Me Up. 22. Hubble Trouble: Hubble Space Telescope Misconceptions. 23. Star Hustlers: Star Naming for Dummies. 24. Bad Astronomy Goes Hollywood: The Top-Ten Examples of Bad Astronomy in Major Motion Pictures. Recommended Reading. Acknowledgments. Index.

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