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The Soil of Mars, by Mark A. Bullock
What would it be like to walk on Mars, to let martian dirt run
through your fingers? Planetary geologists, aided by amateur
astronomers, are slowly figuring out what Mars is like. With
a sidebar by Jack D. Farmer. |
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The Uncelebrated and Unlucky Ursids,
by Kristine M. Larsen
The Ursids are the black sheep of meteor showers: neglected,
yet controversial. But of late, meteor watchers have decided
the Ursids are worth their attention. |
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The
Roots of Astrology,
by Michael M. De Robertis and Paul A. Delaney
Why do people believe in astrology, and what can educators do
to woo them away? The standard response -- adding science education
-- isn't enough. Astrology fulfills needs, and we have to understand
what they are. |
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Matches Made in the Heavens, by Jessica
Richter and Andrew Fraknoi
By plugging astronomers into classrooms, the ASP's Project
ASTRO brings out the scientist in kids, and the kid in scientists.
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Index to Volume 23 |
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Departments
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Editorial,
by George Musser |
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Letters to the Editor |
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Letter from the Director
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World
Beat: Malaysia, by Gregory
H. Feldberg
Malaysia is soaring economically, but it lags behind in science
education. Starting virtually from scratch, astronomy proponents
are building an astronomy education program. Its focus is a
gleaming new planetarium in Kuala Lumpur. |
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Echoes of the Past, by Katherine Bracher
Early in this century, astronomers debated whether spiral nebulae
were luminous pieces of our own galaxy or independent galaxies,
Kant's "island universes." Harlow Shapley championed the former
explanation. Although he turned out to be wrong, his arguments
illustrate how science tests it ideas. |
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Point-Counterpoint, by Kurt T. Bachmann
and Peter B. Boyce
Should we limit the number of astronomy students? |
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Bruce Medalist Profile, by Joseph S.
Tenn
Dutch astronomer Willem de Sitter (1872-1934), best known today
for early cosmological models based on general relativity, was
an important celestial mechanician and observatory director.
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Back
Page, by Tyler Nordgren
The artwork of Tyler Nordgren. |
