Astronomy
Author of the following Little Blue Books: No. 679, “Chemistry for Beginners;” No. 491, “Psychology for Beginners;” No. 419, “Life: Its Origin and Nature;” No. 524, “Death and Its Problems;” No. 493, “New Discoveries in Science;” No. 409, “Great Men of Science;” etc., etc....
Author of the following Little Blue Books: No. 679, “Chemistry for Beginners;” No. 491, “Psychology for Beginners;” No. 419, “Life: Its Origin and Nature;” No. 524, “Death and I...
2. Part 2Between Mars and Jupiter, a number of small bodies are known to exist, which have sometimes been dignified by the name of “minor planets.” They have also been called “Planetoids...
3. Part 3It has been shown that our whole solar system is sweeping through space at the speed of about ten miles a second towards the stars in the constellation Hercules, and particularl...
4. Part 4The measurement of space is always a difficult problem, even for near-by objects (see my “Psychology for Beginners”). When applied to celestial bodies, it becomes immensely comp...