Simon Newcomb's 1906 work, "Side-Lights on Astronomy," is a collection of essays on various astronomical topics. It is notable for its accessible explanations of complex scientific concepts for a general audience.
Sources for Simon Newcomb — Side-Lights on Astronomy
Simon Newcomb — Side-Lights on Astronomy in Astronomy
Held in the Astronomy chamber of the Babel Nexus Index.
- Galileo Galilei — Sidereus Nuncius (1610)
- Arthur Eddington — Space, Time and Gravitation (1920)
- Agnes M. Clerke — A Popular History of Astronomy During the Nineteenth Century (1885)
- Robert S. Ball — The Story of the Heavens (1886)
- Johannes Kepler — Astronomia Nova (1609)
- Camille Flammarion — Astronomy for Amateurs (1904)
- Percival Lowell — Mars (1895)
- Nicolaus Copernicus — De revolutionibus orbium coelestium (1543)
- John Herschel — A Treatise on Astronomy (1833)
- Edmond Halley — A Synopsis of the Astronomy of Comets (1705)
- Edwin Hubble — The Realm of the Nebulae (1936)