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Part three unravels eight misconceptions regarding things in the night sky such as stars, planets, and meteors. A 1999 gallup poll showed it was more like 6%, a number which agrees with a poll taken in 1995 by timecnn. Misconceptions and misuses revealed, from astrology to the moon landing hoax by philip plait. Misconceptions and misuses revealed, from astrology to the moon landing hoax by philip plait author, kevin scullin narrator audiobookmix 0.
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Philip plait is an astronomer who also runs the excellent bad astronomy website. This is being sponsored and produced by the astronomy roadshow. Was it just another usg big lie about the real history of the 1960slike the official versions of the kennedy, king, and malcolm x assassinations, the manson murders, the gulf of tonkin incident, the birth of the hippie movement, and so much more. The book was published in 2002 and deals with various misunderstandings about space and astronomy, such as sounds being audible in space a misconception because in the vacuum of space, sound has no. Astronomy, space exploration, the effect of politics on science. The national aeronautics and space administration nasa was established on july 29, 1958.
Its a man in a spacesuit holding a sample container. The 880 pounds of moon rocks brought back to earth are the most obvious evidence, as well as the testimonies of 12 astronauts. Philip c plait describes the science behind many astronomyrelated misconceptions and hoaxes covering such topics as meteors, eclipses, ufos, the big bang theory, and the moon landing. Bad astronomy explains the real science behind the various space hoaxes and frauds that have become the hallmark of bad astronomy in the media. One of the biggest anomalies that appear on the moon shots are the way in which shadows seem to be cast in totally different directions, even when the objects making the shadows are a mere few feet. The biggest voice in this is bill kaysing, who claims to have all sorts of hoax evidence, including pictures taken by the astronauts, engineering details, discussions of physics and even some. Philip plait clears up every misconception on astronomy and space you never. For example, various false explanations to why the sky is blue are talked about. Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or take notes while you read bad astronomy.
As the usa celebrates the 50th anniversary of the apollo 11 moon landing, most of the world remains at least somewhat skeptical. If exercising logic and countering similarly pseudoscientific moonshine is something you work into regular rotation, youll find bad astronomy. Foxs tv show propelled plaits writing to a large audience, and his 2002 book bad astronomy. Mission commander neil armstrong took this photograph with a 70millimeter lunar surface camera. Hoax theory debunker phil plait says in his book bad astronomy, that the soviets with their own competing moon program, an extensive intelligence network and a formidable scientific community able to analyze nasa data would have cried foul if the united states tried to fake a moon landing, especially since their own program had failed. Advance praise for philip plait s bad astronomy bad astronomy is just plain good. Misconceptions and misuses revealed, from astrology to the moon landing hoax has been released by wiley and sons. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders.
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Stephen maran, author of astronomy for dummies and editor of the astronomy and astrophysics encyclopedia thank the cosmos for the bundle of star stuff named philip plait, who is the world s leading consumer. Plait, a science writer who works in the physics and astronomy department at sonoma state university, is appalled that millions of americans. The gallup site has been rearranged, and though i can no longer find this quotation, it still jibes with what is on the. Author steven thomas states in this 2010 book, moon hoax advocates have brought up many intriguing points.
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Bad astronomy is lightly illustrated with a mix of schematic drawings to illustrate for example, tides or the moon size illusion and black and white photographs. The bad astronomy blog is all about realworld science it covers the entire universe, from subatomic particles to the big bang itself. For the past several years, astronomer phil plait has been battling these misconceptions, as well as the flood of just plain bad. I am quite pleased to announce that my book, bad astronomy. Misconceptions and misuses revealed, from astrology to the moon landing hoax ebook written by philip c. His second book, death from the skies, describes ways astronomical events could wipe out. Its a man in a spacesuit holding a sample container on the moon. See all 3 formats and editions hide other formats and editions. The book was published in 2002 and deals with various misunderstandings about space and astronomy, such as sounds being audible in space a misconception because in the vacuum of space, sound has no medium. But behind the open face of nasa, there is a much more mysterious world. Several lines of evidence point to an actual moon landing.
The first part is about things like tides, eclipses. The program was an hour long, and featured interviews with a series of people who believe that nasa faked the apollo moon landings in the 1960s and 1970s. Stephen maran, author of astronomy for dummies and editor of the astronomy and astrophysics encyclopedia thank the cosmos for the bundle of star stuff named philip plait, who is the world s. Philip plait clears up every misconception on astronomy. Ever since that day, nasa has been at the forefront of efforts to explore outer space, resulting in the apollo missions to the moon, the skylab spacestation, and todays space shuttle. Surveys have found that even college graduates carry persistent misconceptions or even wildly incorrect ideas about the phases of the moon or the cause of the seasons. In short chapters, plait tackles misperceptions about why the moon looks larger on the horizon and why stars twinkle before moving. Stephen maran, author of astronomy for dummies and editor of. Ironically, at that time i had just finished writing about people who thought apollo was faked for my first book, bad astronomy, so i was pretty familiar with. Philip plait clears up each false impression on astronomy and area you by no means knew you suffered from.
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