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November/December 2005Mercury Magazine

Contents and Select Excerpts
Vol. 34 No. 6
November/December 2005
 
Mercury is a bi-monthly membership magazine.
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Page Article
12 What’s the Matter With Antimatter?, Andrew Willey
A universe filled with matter makes one wonder what happened to all the antimatter.
16 Making Model Comets: Has it really been 20 Years?, Dennis Schatz
For more than two decades students and teachers have used a popular recipe to create comets in their classrooms.
23

Astronomer-General of Early America, Nick Kanas
A formal response to humans’ curiosity about the world, science is propelled by the passions and abilities of individuals -- such as General O. M. Mitchel -- who are driven "to know."

32

Thoughts on Receiving the Bruce Medal, Robert P. Kraft
Remarks by the 2005 recipient of the ASP’s Catherine Wolfe Bruce Gold Medal for a lifetime of achievement in astronomy.

Departments
4 Editorial, James C. White II
The Chewy Nougat Center
5

Armchair Astrophysics, Christopher Wanjek
The Burst That Changed Everything

6 Planetary Perspectives, Daniel D. Durda
Newton and the Kinky F Ring
7 Echoes of the Past, Katherine Bracher
Early Radio Astronomy
8 Astronomer's Notebook, Jennifer Birriel
Using Voids to Infer Structure
9 Societal Impact , Michael Bennett
What's An EPO Professional?
10 Annals of Astronomy, Clifford J. Cunningham
The Akhenaton of Astronomy
11 Education Matters, Kim Cope Tait
Hands-on Learning on Mauna Kea
38 Works of Note
39 Sky Events, Richard Talcott
November Sky Map | December Sky Map | January Sky Map
42 Society Scope
47 Last Word, Andrew Fraknoi
A Short List of Astro Daffy-nitions
 
 
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