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Astronomical enigmas : life on Mars, the Star of Bethlehem & other Milky Way mys
Kidger, Mark R. 1960-
Adult Nonfiction QB43.3 .K54 2005
| Contents | Page |
|---|
| Prologue: Why Study the Universe? | p. 1 |
| Part 1 - What Our Forebears Knew | p. 7 |
| Chapter 1 - Stonehenge: Monument or Megalithic Observatory? | p. 9 |
| Chapter 2 - How Did the Stars Get Their Names? | p. 26 |
| Chapter 3 - What Was the Christmas Star? | p. 49 |
| Chapter 4 - How Do We Know When Comet Halley Was Seen? | p. 72 |
| Part 2 - Looking around Our Solar System | p. 87 |
| Chapter 5 - Our Moon: Nearest Neighbor-and Hot Property? | p. 89 |
| Chapter 6 - Is There Life on Mars? | p. 107 |
| Chapter 7 - Pluto: Impostor or King of the Outer Darkness? | p. 132 |
| Chapter 8 - How Astronomers Learn without Going Anywhere | p. 160 |
| Part 3 - Triumph or Disaster? | p. 181 |
| Chapter 9 - Clear and Present Danger: Will We Be the Next Dinosaurs? | p. 183 |
| Chapter 10 - Goldilocks and the Three Planets | p. 210 |
| Chapter 11 - Going to the Planets? | p. 223 |
| Chapter 12 - Are We Stardust? | p. 249 |
| Afterword: Manned Spaceflight at the Crossroads | p. 265 |
| Notes | p. 273 |
| Index | p. 291 |
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