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Ikhwezi Is the Morning Star, Keith
V. Snedegar
We hear all about astronomy in ancient China, Mesoamerica, Arabia,
Europe. What about Africa? In fact, not only did pre-colonial
sub-Saharan Africans spin intricate myths about heavenly bodies,
they had practical uses for them, too. |
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The Problems of Science in Africa,
Rodney T. Medupe and Loveness Kaunda
What good is science for a developing country? Will it vanquish
flimsy schooling, inappropriate technology, and unresponsive
elites? Well, it might, and it must. In today's South Africa,
the problems of education are the problems of science. |
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The
Abuse of Cosmology, Michael Heller
It isn't surprising that cosmology bumps into theological questions;
that's part of its charm. But when those questions dominate
over the usual incremental approach of science, the troubles
start. |
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After the End of Science, George S.
Musser
In 1936 Albert Einstein famously wrote, "The eternal mystery
of the world is its comprehensibility." That mystery, long the
stuff of philosophy, is now entering into modern physical theories. |
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Subject
Index to 1997 |
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Editorial,
George S. Musser
Where
does the nerd stereotype come from? |
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Letters to the Editor |
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Echoes of the Past, Katherine Bracher
What better commemoration of the launch of Sputnik than the
arrival of Mars Global Surveyor? |
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World
Beat: South Africa, Bob Stobie and Case Rijsdijk
South Africa straddles First World and Third, with two-car-garage
suburbs and zero-car, zero-garage shantytowns. Local astronomers
are applying the advantages of the first to the problems of
the third. |
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Newswire, Leo P. Connolly
Amateur help for astronomy teachers; education workshop for
grad students; tax write-off for computer donations. |
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Black
Holes to Blackboards, Jeffrey F. Lockwood
Why should anyone bother teaching astronomy? |
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Guest
Observer, James C. White II
Observing
Saturn's moons |
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Research
Review, Paul Parsons
Is there finally, finally, an end in sight to the distance-scale
controversy in cosmology? |
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SkyChart and SkyTalk, Robert A. Garfinkle |
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Book Review, Michael R. Molnar
The Music of the Spheres by Jamie James. The Artful
Universe by John D. Barrow. Visual Explanations by
Edward R. Tufte. On the Music of the Spheres by Charles
Simic and Linda Connor. |
