Side-Lights on Astronomy and Kindred Fields of Popular Science

CONTENTS

	PREFACE
I.	THE UNSOLVED PROBLEMS OF ASTRONOMY
II.	THE NEW PROBLEMS OF THE UNIVERSE
III.	THE STRUCTURE OF THE UNIVERSE
IV.	THE EXTENT OF THE UNIVERSE
V.	MAKING AND USING A TELESCOPE
VI.	WHAT THE ASTRONOMERS ARE DOING
VII.	LIFE IN THE UNIVERSE
VIII.	HOW THE PLANETS ARE WEIGHED
IX.	THE MARINER'S COMPASS
X.	THE FAIRYLAND OF GEOMETRY
XI.	THE ORGANIZATION OF SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH
XII.	CAN WE MAKE IT RAIN?
XIII.	THE ASTRONOMICAL EPHEMERIS AND NAUTICAL ALMANAC
XIV.	THE WORLD'S DEBT TO ASTRONOMY
XV.	AN ASTRONOMICAL FRIENDSHIP
XVI.	THE EVOLUTION OF THE SCIENTIFIC INVESTIGATOR
XVII.	THE EVOLUTION OF ASTRONOMICAL KNOWLEDGE
XVIII.	ASPECTS OF AMERICAN ASTRONOMY
XIX.	THE UNIVERSE AS AN ORGANISM
XX.	THE RELATION OF SCIENTIFIC METHOD TO SOCIAL PROGRESS
XXI.	THE OUTLOOK FOR THE FLYING-MACHINE

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