Side-Lights on Astronomy and Kindred Fields of Popular Science
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The collection contains essays and addresses on astronomy and kindred fields of popular science. The discussion of Mars describes a white polar cap forming during winter and partially melting during summer, while withholding certainty that the deposit is snow or even water. The account leaves the real nature of the surface of Mars among astronomy's unsolved problems, including what travellers might encounter there.
The discussion of scientific publication argues that specialists can no longer be assumed to know everything being done even within their own fields. The discussion of disputes calls for scientific precision of language throughout the domain of thought.
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- Author
- Simon Newcomb
- Pages
- 185
- Language
- English
- Genre
- Popular Science
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