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03119cam a2200397 a 4500 |
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007153046 |
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20180722212728.0 |
| 008 - FIXED-LENGTH DATA ELEMENTS--GENERAL INFORMATION |
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020314s2002 nyua b 001 0 eng |
| 010 ## - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CONTROL NUMBER |
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| LC control number |
2002277382 |
| 015 ## - NATIONAL BIBLIOGRAPHY NUMBER |
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| National bibliography number |
GBA2-Z1884 |
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dnb |
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491297121 |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER |
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| International Standard Book Number |
0471409766 (acidfree paper) |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER |
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| International Standard Book Number |
9780471409762 (acid-free paper) |
| 035 ## - SYSTEM CONTROL NUMBER |
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| System control number |
(OCoLC)48885221 |
| Canceled/invalid control number |
(OCoLC)491297121 |
| 040 ## - CATALOGING SOURCE |
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| Original cataloging agency |
UKM |
| Language of cataloging |
eng |
| Transcribing agency |
UKM |
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DLC |
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WCM |
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IOJ |
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BAKER |
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NLGGC |
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E5G |
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OCLCQ |
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BTCTA |
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YDXCP |
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DEBBG |
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ZWZ |
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VYG |
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OCLCQ |
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DEBSZ |
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OCLCQ |
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NFG |
| 042 ## - AUTHENTICATION CODE |
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| Authentication code |
lccopycat |
| 049 ## - LOCAL HOLDINGS (OCLC) |
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NFCA |
| 092 ## - LOCALLY ASSIGNED DEWEY CALL NUMBER (OCLC) |
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| Classification number |
520 |
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P698 |
| 100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
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| Personal name |
Plait, Philip C. |
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184026 |
| 245 10 - TITLE STATEMENT |
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| Title |
Bad astronomy : |
| Remainder of title |
misconceptions and misuses revealed, from astrology to the moon landing 'hoax' / |
| Statement of responsibility, etc |
Philip C. Plait ; [illustrations by Tina Cash Walsh]. |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) |
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| Place of publication, distribution, etc |
New York : |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc |
Wiley, |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc |
c2002. |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION |
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| Extent |
vii, 277 p. : |
| Other physical details |
ill. ; |
| Dimensions |
23 cm. |
| 504 ## - BIBLIOGRAPHY, ETC. NOTE |
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| Bibliography, etc |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 259-262) and index. |
| 505 00 - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE |
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| Miscellaneous information |
pt. 1 Bad astronomy begins at home : |
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The yolks on you : egg balancing and the Equinox -- |
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Flushed with embarrassment : the Coriolis Effect and your bathroom -- |
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Idiom's delight : bad astronomy in everyday language. |
| 505 00 - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE |
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pt. 2 From the earth to the moon : |
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Blue skies smiling at me : why the sky is blue -- |
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A dash of seasons : why summer turns to fall -- |
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Phase the nation : the moon's changing face -- |
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The gravity of the situation : the moon and the tides -- |
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The moon hits your eye like a big pizza pie : the big moon illusion. |
| 505 00 - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE |
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pt. 3 Skies at night are big and bright : |
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Twinkle, twinkle, little star : why stars appear to twinkle -- |
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Star light, star white : stars of many colors -- |
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Well, well : the difficulty of daylight star sighting -- |
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The brightest star : Polaris, just another face in the crowd -- |
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Shadows in the sky : eclipses and sun-watching -- |
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The disaster that wasn't : the great planetary alignment of 2000 -- |
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Meteors, meteoroids, and meteorites, oh my! : the impact of meteors and asteroids -- |
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When the universe throws you a curve : misunderstanding the beginning of it all. |
| 505 00 - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE |
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pt. 4 Artificial intelligence : |
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Appalled at Apollo : uncovering the moon-landing hoax -- |
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Worlds in derision : Velikovsky vs. modern science -- |
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In the beginning : creationism and astronomy -- |
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Misidentified flying objects : UFOs and illusions of the mind and eye -- |
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Mars is in the seventh house, but Venus has left the building : why astrology doesn't work. |
| 505 00 - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE |
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pt. 5 Beam me up : |
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Hubble trouble : Hubble Space Telescope misconceptions -- |
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Star hustlers : star naming for dummies -- |
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Bad astronomy goes Hollywood : the top-ten examples of bad astronomy in major motion pictures. |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. |
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| Summary, etc |
Describes the science behind many astronomy-related misconceptions and hoaxes covering such topics as meteors, eclipses, UFOs, the big bang theory, and the Moon landing. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
Astronomy |
| Form subdivision |
Miscellanea. |
| 9 (RLIN) |
128340 |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
Astronomy |
| Form subdivision |
Popular works. |
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77250 |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
Errors, Scientific. |
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131983 |
| 942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA) |
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Adult Book |
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C0 |
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NFG |
| 998 ## - LOCAL CONTROL INFORMATION (RLIN) |
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007153046 |
