Articles Tagged with astronomy

Entertaining, clear and correct

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What is important in popular science?

It’s almost always entertaining, but you can’t count on all three.

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Doing well

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A good job

What counts as success depends on where you are.

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Old popular science

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Cutting-edge of the past

Were popular science authors just better at it, years ago?

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Logic and common sense

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Rejecting the experts

How do you reason?

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Sunrise, sunset

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In-between calculations

In the twilight land of Spherical Astronomy. . .

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Expensive but worthless

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The economics of obsolescence

Anyone want a high-end enlarger?

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Seeking agreement

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Another step

We propose a modification of the Scientific Method.

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General knowledge

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Challenge problems

We present some interdisciplinary questions from our tutoring consultant.

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What if. . .?

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Counterfactuals

Asking about what might have been can be useful, but is often just a waste of time.

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The center of the universe

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A privileged position

A discredited historical myth refuses to die.

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