“Much of the information is set down in a readily accessible form for the first time, and all of it by a master hand. Of the value of the book to the student, especially to the beginner, we are more doubtful.”
+ + – Lond. Times. 5: 375. N. 9, ’06. 760w.
“We do not know a more excellent book on its subject.” P. H. C.
+ Nature. 74: 379. Ag. 16, ’06. 820w. R. of Rs. 34: 383. S. ’06. 40w.
“This work is too technical for review in our columns, and we need only say that, for the purpose of the astronomer, it fully comes up to the expectations raised by Professor Newcomb’s great reputation.”
+ Spec. 97: 61. Jl. 14, ’06. 240w.
Newcomb, Simon. [Side-lights on astronomy]; and kindred fields of popular science: essays and addresses. **$2. Harper.
Twenty-one popular essays and addresses dealing with the structure, extent and duration of the universe, and with other general scientific subjects, are here gathered together under such chapter headings as: The unsolved problems of astronomy, What the astronomers are doing, Life in the universe, How the planets are weighed, The fairyland of geometry, Can we make it rain? The relation of scientific method to social progress, and The outlook for the flying machine. The volume has two dozen illustrations and a good index.
Current Literature. 41: 688. D. ’06. 580w. + + Dial. 41: 329. N. 16, ’06. 250w.