... From Stargazers to Starships" is meant as an introduction to space, both for the inquisitive non-scientist and for students and teachers in schools. ... The motion of the Earth in space (e.g. why summers are hot, winters cold), and . ... Stargazers (sections 1-12)--a study of the Earth's motion in space and of the solar system to which it belongs, almost entirely in the framework of pre-telescope astronomy. ... Distance of the Moon (8b-d). ... the transport of heat from the Sun-heated Earth to space...