Isaac Asimov
25) Astronomy today
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Discusses how scientists and amateurs use instruments to study the universe and describes some astronomical discoveries.
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Clear and pure sky -- Ancient Egypt's livelihood -- Predicting the future in Babylon -- Early astronomy in China and the Pacific -- Astronomy in the early Americas -- Earth as a huge ball -- Celestial positions -- Early Earthly statistics -- Saved by the Arabs -- Copernicus and the center of the universe -- Open to new viewpoints -- Astronomical turning point -- Fact file : astronomy, past and present.
30) Jupiter
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A description of Jupiter, the largest planet in our solar system, which includes information on its numerous moons, space probes which have studied it, and the 1994 collision of comet remnants with the planet.
33) The sun
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A description of the sun, the star of our solar system, which includes information on its origin, physical composition, and characteristics, as well as on studies made of the sun by instruments and satellites.
37) The moon
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Examines the many facets and puzzles of our Moon, including its phases and eclipses, its early discoveries and modern exploration, and its possible origins and future prospects.
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Fifteen fiction stories, 18 non-fiction and 20 essays on the craft of writing science fiction. One of the fiction pieces is Cal, on a robot who wants to be a writer. His owner, a writer, agrees to program him for the task, but when the robot outdoes the writer in his craft, switches him off.