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Miss AGNES GIBERNE is well known for her charmingly written books on elementary astronomy. This is a new edition of an earlier work, carefully brought up to date, some excellent photographs of the moon, Mars, eclipses, md nebulae being reproduced. The celestial phenomena are described in clear and vivid language, the difficulties likely to occur to a beginner being answered in anticipation. The book is made more interesting by the inclusion of a certain amount of legitimate speculation on the development of worlds and systems, and the probable condition of the different planets. The concluding section, “Immensity-and Man,” deserves thoughtful study.
This Wonderful Universe: A Little Book about Suns and Worlds, Moons and Meteors, Comets and Nebulae.
By Agnes Giberne. New illustrated edition, completely re-written. Pp. x + 182. (London: S.P.C.K.; New York: The Macmillan Co., 1920.) Price 6s. 6d. net.
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CROMMELIN, A. This Wonderful Universe: A Little Book about Suns and Worlds, Moons and Meteors, Comets and Nebulae . Nature 106, 595 (1921). https://doi.org/10.1038/106595b0
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