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1、ALSOBYMARCIABARTUSIAKThursday'sUniverseThroughaUniverseDarklyEinstein'sUnfinishedSymphonyArchivesoftheUniverseToSteveThecenterofmyuniverse,whosharedeverylight-yearalongthewayContentsPreface/January1,1925SettingOut1.TheLittleRepublicofScience2.ARatherRemarkableNumber
2、ofNebulae3.GranderThantheTruth4.SuchIstheProgressofAstronomyintheWildandWoolyWest5.MyRegardstotheSquashes6.ItIsWorthyofNoticeExploration7.EmpireBuilder8.TheSolarSystemIsOffCenterandConsequentlyManIsToo9.HeSurelyLooksLiketheFourthDimension!10.GoatEachOther“HammerandT
3、ongs”11.Adonis12.OntheBrinkofaBigDiscovery—orMaybeaBigParadoxDiscovery13.CountlessWholeWorlds…StrewnAllOvertheSky14.Usingthe100-InchTelescopetheWayItShouldBeUsed15.YourCalculationsAreCorrect,butYourPhysicalInsightIsAbominable16.StartedOffwithaBangWhateverHappenedto…
4、NotesAcknowledgmentsBibliographyPrefaceJanuary1,1925hetwentieswerenotjustroaring,theywereblazing.TMoviegoerswereflockingtothecinematowatchinamazementasMosespartedtheRedSeainCecilB.DeMille'ssilent*lmepicTheTenCommandments,Greeceoverthrewitsmonarchyandproclaimeditself
5、arepublic,the*rstdinosaureggswerediscoveredinMongolia'sGobiDesert,andcrosswordpuzzlesbecamealltherage.ItwastheheightoftheJazzAge,whenVictorianidealscametumblingdowninafrenzyof/appers,Freudiananalysis,andabstractart.WhilemajesticoceanlinerscrossedtheAtlanticinunder*v
6、edays,ClarenceBirdseyeintroducedthepublictothenoveltyoffrozenfoodandafailedartistnamedAdolfHitlerpublishedMeinKampf.Itwasaworld,wroteF.ScottFitzgeraldinhisclassicnovelTheGreatGatsby,“redolentoforchidsandpleasant,cheerfulsnobberyandorchestraswhichsettherhythmoftheyea
7、r,summingupthesadnessandsuggestivenessoflifeinnewtunes.”Itwasalsoaneraofimmensescienti*cfervor.OnDecember30,1924,somefourthousandscientistsdescendeduponWashington,D.C.,toattendtheannualconferenceoftheAmericanAssociationfortheAdvancementofScience.Takingadvantageofthe
8、three-daygathering,theAmericanAstronomicalSocietyhelditsmeetinginthecapitalatthesametime,withnearlyeightyastronomersattendingfromacrossthe
