Ebook: Bad Astronomy: Misconceptions and Misuses Revealed, from Astrology to the Moon Landing ''Hoax''

Bad Astronomy -- CONTENTS -- Introduction -- PART I Bad Astronomy Begins at Home -- 1 The Yolk's on You: Egg Balancing and the Equinox -- 2 Flushed with Embarrassment: The Coriolis Effect and Your Bathroom -- 3 Idiom's Delight: Bad Astronomy in Everyday Language -- PART II From the Earth to the Moon -- 4 Blue Skies Smiling at Me: Why the Sky Is Blue -- 5 A Dash of Seasons: Why Summer Turns to Fall -- 6 Phase the Nation: The Moon's Changing Face -- 7 The Gravity of the Situation: The Moon and the Tides -- 8 The Moon Hits Your Eye Like a Big Pizza Pie: The Big Moon Illusion.;Advance praise for Philip Plait s Bad Astronomy""Bad Astronomy is just plain good! Philip Plait clears up every misconception on astronomy and space you never knew you suffered from.""--Stephen Maran, Author of Astronomy for Dummies and editor of The Astronomy and Astrophysics Encyclopedia""Thank the cosmos for the bundle of star stuff named Philip Plait, who is the world s leading consumer advocate for quality science in space and on Earth. This important contribution to science will rest firmly on my reference library shelf, ready for easy access the next time an astrologer.