''The Stars in Their Courses'' is a collection of seventeen scientific
essay
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s by American writer
Isaac Asimov. It is the eighth in a series of books collecting his essays from ''
The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction
''The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction'' (usually referred to as ''F&SF'') is a U.S. fantasy and science fiction magazine first published in 1949 by Mystery House, a subsidiary of Lawrence Spivak's Mercury Press. Editors Anthony Boucher ...
'' (May 1969 to September 1970).
Doubleday & Company
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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—"
External links
Asimovonline.com
1971 non-fiction books
Essay collections by Isaac Asimov
Works originally published in The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction
Doubleday (publisher) books
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