Myths and Marvels of Astronomy

A lively popular-science account of astronomy's wonders and the myths that have gathered around the heavens.

At a glance Richard Proctor guides the general reader through the real marvels of the sky and the… The night sky has always drawn out both our finest reasoning and our wildest superstition. In this collection of essays a gifted popular astronomer sets out to separate the… What it's about Myths and Marvels of Astronomy gathers essays on astronomical subjects…

Myths and Marvels of Astronomy gathers essays on astronomical subjects for the general reader. Works of this kind by Proctor typically take up both the real wonders revealed by the science, comets, the planets, the…