Mercury
Magazine
Contents
and Select Excerpts
Vol. 36 No. 4
Fall 2007
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A Book of Universal
Proportion, Michael
Chabin Writing the story of astronomy is what we all attempt to do, but how we do it is critical. |
| 20 | The
Real Stars of Harry Potter, C. Renée James Writer J. K. Rowling’s universe of Harry Potter and associates is colorful, complicated, and punctuated by some genuinely stellar characters. |
| 28 |
Our Whirling
World,
Joel Marks Talk of days and years is fine, but we cannot disentangle our world's rotation and revolution. |
| 33 | Out
of the Past: Astronomy Books for the Young, Then and Now,
Wayne Wood Most of the allure of astronomy and outer space has always been what is unknown, not what is known. |
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Editorial, James C. White II Never Far From Home |
| 5 | Armchair
Astrophysics, Christopher Wanjek Sizing Up a Neutron Star |
| 6 | Planetary
Perspectives, Daniel D. Durda A Horse of a Different Color |
| 7 | Echoes
of the Past, Katherine Bracher Planetary Nebulae |
| 8 | Astronomer's
Notebook, Jennifer Birriel The Missing Satellites Problem |
| 9 | Annals
of Astronomy, Clifford J. Cunningham Euler at 300 |
| 10 | Societal
Impact , Michael Gibbs Astronomy Education from the Ground Up |
| 11 | Education
Matters, David Bruning Taking the Proof Out of Theory |
| 38 | Sky Events, Richard Talcott |
| 42 | Society Scope |
| 46 | Last
Word, James G. Manning Growing into the New Century |