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Curiosities of the Sky by Garrett P. Serviss, Science, Astronomy

Curiosities of the Sky by Garrett P. Serviss, Science, Astronomy

Curiosities of the Sky by Garrett P. Serviss, Science, Astronomy

Garrett P. Serviss / Garrett PServiss

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Editorial:
Alan Rodgers Books
Año de edición:
2005
Materia
Astrofísica
ISBN:
9781598185164
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What Froude says of history is true also of astronomy: it is the most impressive where it transcends explanation. It is not the mathematics of astronomy, but the wonder and the mystery that seize upon the imagination. The calculation of an eclipse owes all its prestige to the sublimity of its data; the operation, in itself, requires no more mental effort than the preparation of a railway time-table. The dominion which astronomy has always held over the minds of men is akin to that of poetry; when the former becomes merely instructive and the latter purely didactic, both lose their power over the imagination.

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