Download or read book Astronomically Speaking written by C.C. Gaither and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2003-08-01 with total page 565 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: To understand the history, accomplishments, failures, and meanings of astronomy requires a knowledge of what has been said about astronomy by philosophers, novelists, playwrights, poets, scientists, and laymen. With this in mind, Astronomically Speaking: A Dictionary of Quotations on Astronomy and Physics serves as a guide to what has been said abo