The Stars in their Courses
First edition | |
Author | Isaac Asimov |
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Country | United States |
Language | English |
Series | Essays from the The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction |
Publisher | Doubleday |
Publication date | 1971 |
Media type | Print (Hardback and Paperback) |
Preceded by | The Solar System and Back |
Followed by | The Left Hand of the Electron |
The Stars in their Courses is a collection of seventeen scientific essays by Isaac Asimov. It is the eighth in a series of books collecting his essays from The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction (May 1969 to September 1970). Doubleday & Company first published the collection in 1971.
Contents
- Introduction
- Part A: Astronomy
- The Stars in their Courses
- The Lop-sided Sun
- The Lunar Honor-roll
- Worlds in Confusion
- Part B: Physics
- Two at a Time
- On Throwing a Ball
- The Man Who Massed the Earth
- The Luxon Wall
- Playing the Game
- The Distance of Far
- Part C: Chemistry
- The Multiplying Elements
- Bridging the Gaps
- The Nobel Prize That Wasn't
- Part D: Sociology
- The Fateful Lightning
- The Sin of the Scientist
- The Power of Progression
- My Planet, 'tis of Thee—
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