Five Weeks' Study of Astronomy: Talks and Lectures (Classic Reprint) - Softcover

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OR the many persons - perhaps many thousands Of persons - who would know more of the wonders of astronomy, but can spare neither the time nor the effort required in an elaborate system of instruction, this reading course has been designed. N O knowledge can be acquired without effort, but it is the aim Of this course to simplify the subject and present it in interesting form. The knowl edge Of mathematics required for intelligent read ing is slight, and the reader who has followed the suggestions of the handbook will possess at the end something worth having. He will know the principal stars by name, and will understand comets and meteors. He will have a reasonably clear idea of the relations of the bodies that make up the solar system, and he will be able to speak intelligently of the present condi~ tion of each of the planets and of their probable destiny. He should have, also, some familiarity with the present state of belief as to the way in which our system was formed, and the way in which stellar systems different from ours are now forming. This in itself is worth while; and the student who would go more deeply into the sub ject will find himself equipped for the task.

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