Asimov on Astronomy
| First published | 1974 |
|---|---|
| Publisher | Doubleday |
| Format | Hardcover |
| Type | Nonfiction |
| Cover art | NASA |
| Pages | xiii+238 |
| Price | $8.95 |
| ISBN | 038504111X |
- Date from Library of Congress.
- Contents information from Bonanza Books 4th printing. Bonanza Books reprinted the Doubleday version per Bonanza Books copyright page. Per on-line pictures, Bonanza Books used same photo as Doubleday, but layout of cover was slightly different.
- Cover artist credit per rear inside dust jacket flap. Picture of Saturn (19 February 1973) credited as a NASA photo by Lunar and Planetary Laboratory, University of Arizona.
- Collects essays originally published in F&SF. Per the introduction, the bodies of the essays have not been modified from the F&SF versions, but footnotes were added.
- Also includes 40 astronomical photographs to which Asimov has written (per the introduction) captions (consisting of multiple paragraphs) adding information relevant to the essay. These have not been listed.
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| Page | Title | Author(s) | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Time and Tide | Isaac Asimov | Essay |
| 14 | The Rocks of Damocles | Isaac Asimov | Essay |
| 29 | Harmony in Heaven | Isaac Asimov | Essay |
| 44 | The Trojan Hearse | Isaac Asimov | Essay |
| 62 | By Jove! | Isaac Asimov | Essay |
| 75 | Superficially Speaking | Isaac Asimov | Essay |
| 89 | Round and Round and ... | Isaac Asimov | Essay |
| 101 | Beyond Pluto | Isaac Asimov | Essay |
| 115 | Just Mooning Around | Isaac Asimov | Essay |
| 127 | Steppingstones to the Stars | Isaac Asimov | Essay |
| 141 | The Planet of the Double Sun | Isaac Asimov | Essay |
| 153 | Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star | Isaac Asimov | Essay |
| 165 | Heaven on Earth | Isaac Asimov | Essay |
| 176 | The Flickering Yardstick | Isaac Asimov | Essay |
| 192 | The Sight of Home | Isaac Asimov | Essay |
| 205 | The Black of Night | Isaac Asimov | Essay |
| 218 | A Galaxy at a Time | Isaac Asimov | Essay |
| xi | Introduction (Asimov on Astronomy) | Isaac Asimov | Essay |
| Title | Year | Publisher | Format | Type | Catalog ID | Cover Artist | Pages | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Asimov on Astronomy |
|
1975 | Anchor Press / Doubleday | Paperback | Nonfiction | xiii+271 | ||
| Asimov on Astronomy |
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1976 | Coronet | Paperback | Nonfiction | 256 | ||
| Asimov on Astronomy | 1979 | Bonanza Books / Crown Publishers | Hardcover | Nonfiction | NASA | xiii+238 |