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Cold Heart of the Cosmos, Mark A. Gordon
and George S. Musser
Millimeter-wave astronomers must be people who like cold. They
shun the glory of fiery objects for the frigid recesses of interstellar
space; they even do much of their observing from the South Pole.
Out of the cold emerge some of the hottest things in astronomy.
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Shakespeare's Cosmic World View, Peter
D. Usher
As readers of Mercury have surely observed, astronomy admits
many an allusion to Shakespeare's plays, replete as they are
with descriptions of heavenly events. But Shakespeare's astronomy
is more than just pretty words. It is a window into the prevailing
Aristotelian and Ptolemaic cosmology of Renaissance Europe.
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Life on Mars...and in Science, Bruce
V. Lewenstein
The martian meteorite Allan Hills 84001 has been a busy rock.
Not only has it given us a possible glimpse of martian biology,
the controversy it has provoked has let laypeople peer into
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The Natural Universe, Ryder W. Miller
You don't normally think of astronomy and environmentalism at
the same time. Astronomy is up there, greenery is down here.
But if the claims of life on Mars are confirmed, that dichotomy
will collapse. |
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What's Cooking?, Trevor Pinch
The best place in the house to learn about science is in the
kitchen. When you boil it down, science demands the same sorts
of skills, judgment, and even artistry as cooking. |
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The 1996 Annual Fund Drive |
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Society News |
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Echoes of the Past, Katherine Bracher
Mercury magazine turns 25 |
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Newswire, Leo P. Connolly
Planetary scientists mull education; new software and web sites
come online |
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Black
Holes to Blackboards,
Jeffrey F. Lockwood
The lure of life on Mars can spark life in the classroom |
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Guest
Observer, James C. White
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Coloring sunsets. This month's column also features a report
on lunar observing from Minnesota amateur Patrick Thibault |
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Point-Counterpoint, Tom
Van Flandern, Fred Espenak
Where is the best place to view a solar eclipse? |
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SkyChart and SkyTalk, Robert A. Garfinkle |
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Book Review, Alan H. Batten
The New Physics and a New Theology by Michael Heller. The Faith
of a Physicist by John Polkinghorne. The Fire in the Equations
by Kitty Ferguson. Fire in the Mind by George Johnson. Zen Physics
by David Darling. Show Me God by Fred Heeren. |
