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CONTENTS Introduction 1 PART I Bad
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CONTENTS vii Recommended Reading 25
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4 BAD ASTRONOMY who fully well knew
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6 BAD ASTRONOMY But if they cannot
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PART I PPPPPP Bad Astronomy Begins
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1 PPPPPP The Yolk’s on You: Egg B
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THE YOLK’S ON YOU 13 and they mak
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FLUSHED WITH EMBARRASSMENT 23 much
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IDIOM’S DELIGHT 29 press my heigh
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IN THE BEGINNING 195 it’s natural
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IN THE BEGINNING 199 their lives, e
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HUBBLE TROUBLE 225 The Hubble Space
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STAR HUSTLERS 237 That’s a tall o
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264 ACKNOWLEDGMENTS Vergano, for gi
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266 INDEX “Astrology: Science or
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268 INDEX earthquakes, 130, 182 pla
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272 INDEX neutrons, 34 in stars, 98
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276 INDEX triangles, 148 true scien