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EDITORIAL INFORMATION

Drawing on his vast knowledge and direct experience of most of the key events in astronomy and space exploration this century, Patrick Moore takes a sideways look at the historical reports and contemporary thought behind a wide range of astronomical topics. Personal accounts of towering characters of 20th-century astronomy, intriguing facts about puzzling astronomical phenomena, and amusing stories about the quirker side of astronomy and space exploration abound in this collection of essays. From The Case of the Vanishing Planets, to Flying Saucers in Selsey, Patrick Moore's wit and wisdom simultaneously entertain and inform. This is a book for everyone who has enjoyed reading Patrick Moore's books and articles, or watching him on television during more than four decades in the public eye.

(Extracted from the dust jacket).

GENERAL TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

-Contents.

-1. The Atmosphere of the Moon.

-2. The Man Who Discovered a Planet.

-3. Moon in Shadow.

-4. The Zodiacal Intruder.

-5. Fishing Hipparcos Down.

-6. The Past and Future Moon.

-7. Visitor to the Ares Vallis.

-8. Harvest Moons, Wolf Moons and Blue Moons.

-9. The Cosmic Zebra.

-10. Flying Saucers in Selsey.

-11. Gene Shoemaker.

-12. The Blackness of Mathilde.

-13. Hitch-Hiker - and Others.

-14. Ice on the Moon?

-15. Mira Stella.

-16. The Case of the Vanishing Planets.

-17. Poetic Moons.

-18. A Lightning Decision!

-19. The Strange Case of SS Lacertae.

-20. How the Lunar Craters Weren't Formed.

-21. The Lonely Brown Dwarf.

-22. Sister Marie - and Others.

-23. To Catch a Comet.

-24. Curious Callisto.

-25. A Year on Icarus.

-26. The Lighter Side of Space.

-27. Alshain.

-28. Names in the Sky.

-29. Travel to the Stars?

-30. Ghost Moons.

-31. Ripples of Creation.

-32. "Des. Res." on Mars?

-33. The Edge of the Moon.

-34. The Sad Case of Dr. Elliott.

-35. Fast Lane to Pluto.

-36. Life Can Appear - but Will it?

-37. Thatcher's Comet.

-38. Apocalypse Posponed.

-39. The Star in the East.

-40. It Was in the Papers!

-41. Caribbean Eclipse.

-Glossary.

-Index.

-Picture Credits.