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100	1		_aPlait, Philip C. _9184026
245	1	0	_aBad astronomy : _bmisconceptions and misuses revealed, from astrology to the moon landing 'hoax' / _cPhilip C. Plait ; [illustrations by Tina Cash Walsh].
260			_aNew York : _bWiley, _cc2002.
300			_avii, 277 p. : _bill. ; _c23 cm.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 259-262) and index.
505	0	0	_gpt. 1 Bad astronomy begins at home : _tThe yolks on you : egg balancing and the Equinox -- _tFlushed with embarrassment : the Coriolis Effect and your bathroom -- _tIdiom's delight : bad astronomy in everyday language.
505	0	0	_gpt. 2 From the earth to the moon : _tBlue skies smiling at me : why the sky is blue -- _tA dash of seasons : why summer turns to fall -- _tPhase the nation : the moon's changing face -- _tThe gravity of the situation : the moon and the tides -- _tThe moon hits your eye like a big pizza pie : the big moon illusion.
505	0	0	_gpt. 3 Skies at night are big and bright : _tTwinkle, twinkle, little star : why stars appear to twinkle -- _tStar light, star white : stars of many colors -- _tWell, well : the difficulty of daylight star sighting -- _tThe brightest star : Polaris, just another face in the crowd -- _tShadows in the sky : eclipses and sun-watching -- _tThe disaster that wasn't : the great planetary alignment of 2000 -- _tMeteors, meteoroids, and meteorites, oh my! : the impact of meteors and asteroids -- _tWhen the universe throws you a curve : misunderstanding the beginning of it all.
505	0	0	_gpt. 4 Artificial intelligence : _tAppalled at Apollo : uncovering the moon-landing hoax -- _tWorlds in derision : Velikovsky vs. modern science -- _tIn the beginning : creationism and astronomy -- _tMisidentified flying objects : UFOs and illusions of the mind and eye -- _tMars is in the seventh house, but Venus has left the building : why astrology doesn't work.
505	0	0	_gpt. 5 Beam me up : _tHubble trouble : Hubble Space Telescope misconceptions -- _tStar hustlers : star naming for dummies -- _tBad astronomy goes Hollywood : the top-ten examples of bad astronomy in major motion pictures.
520			_aDescribes 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	_aAstronomy _vMiscellanea. _9128340
650		0	_aAstronomy _vPopular works. _977250
650		0	_aErrors, Scientific. _9131983
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