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The Stars in Their Courses

The Stars in Their Courses is a collection of seventeen scientific essays by American writer Isaac Asimov. It is the eighth in a series of books collecting his essays from The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction (May 1969 to September 1970). Doubleday & Company first published the collection in 1971.

Contents

  • Introduction
  • Part A: Astronomy
  • "The Stars in their Courses"
  • "The Lop-sided Sun"
  • "The Lunar Honor-roll"
  • "Worlds in Confusion"
  • Part B: Physics
  • "Two at a Time"
  • "On Throwing a Ball"
  • "The Man Who Massed the Earth"
  • "The Luxon Wall"
  • "Playing the Game"
  • "The Distance of Far"
  • Part C: Chemistry
  • "The Multiplying Elements"
  • "Bridging the Gaps"
  • "The Nobel Prize That Wasn't"
  • Part D: Sociology
  • "The Fateful Lightning"
  • "The Sin of the Scientist"
  • "The Power of Progression"
  • "My Planet, 'tis of Thee—"

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