The Stars in Their Courses
Collection of essays by Isaac Asimov
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Author | Isaac Asimov |
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Country | United States |
Language | English |
Series | Essays from The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction |
Genre | Science |
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 American writer 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—"
External links
- Asimovonline.com
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Essay collections by Isaac Asimov
- Only a Trillion (1957)
- Fact and Fancy (1962)
- View from a Height (1963)
- Adding a Dimension (1964)
- Of Time and Space and Other Things (1965)
- From Earth to Heaven (1966)
- Science, Numbers, and I (1968)
- The Solar System and Back (1970)
- The Stars in Their Courses (1971)
- The Left Hand of the Electron (1972)
- The Tragedy of the Moon (1973)
- Of Matters Great and Small (1975)
- The Planet That Wasn't (1976)
- Quasar, Quasar, Burning Bright (1978)
- The Road to Infinity (1979)
- Asimov on Science Fiction (1981)
- The Sun Shines Bright (1981)
- Counting the Eons (1983)
- 'X' Stands for Unknown (1984)
- The Subatomic Monster (1985)
- Far as Human Eye Could See (1987)
- The Relativity of Wrong (1988)
- Out of the Everywhere (1990)
- Robot Visions (1990)
- The Secret of the Universe (1991)
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