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This new fascinating collaboration between eminent Scots astronomer John C. Brown and renowned Scots poet Rab Wilson combines a beginner's introduction to the scientific workings of the universe together with inspired poems and haikus, and superb imagery from astro-photographers and artists.
Contents
Foreword: Regius Professor Andy Lawrence FRSE (Edinburgh) 9
Foreword: Visiting Professor Dame Jocelyn Bell-Burnell FRS, FRSE (Oxford) 10
Introduction: John C Brown and Rab Wilson 11
Acknowledgements 15
Prologue: The Makar 16
Chapter 1
Let's Get Started 17
Big Numbers and Just How Big Is the Universe? 17
Doactir Wha? 25
Space, Gravity, Orbits & the Vacuum 26
Musky's Motor Caur 31
In the Beginning 34
Chapter 2
Planets and Planetary Systems 38
What are Planetary Systems? 38
The Auld Professor 56
International Space Station 57
Apollo, Moonwalks and the First Space Selfie 59
Spacewalk 63
Mune Trees 65
Blue Moons, Super Moons, and Other Moon Madness 66
Super Blue Bluid Mune 71
The Solar System's Gobsmacking Moons 72
Dumfounerin Munes 81
Saturn's Wonderful Rings 82
Exoplanets 86
Goldilocks and the Three Exoplanets 97
Chapter 3
The Sun, the Stars and Nebulae 100
Solar Facts, Figures and Phenomena 101
Solaris 115
Polaris 116
Constant 119
The Pleiades and other Star Clusters 120
Subaru 124
Star Clusters 125
Birth, Life, and Death of Stars, and Associated Nebulae 126
Deuks an Dugs 140
Chapter 4
Galaxies and the Large-scale Structure of the Cosmos 142
The Milky Way and Andromeda 142
Galaxies and the Extragalactic Universe 149
Cosmic Expansion, Dark Matter, Dark Energy and the Multiverse 156
Chapter 5
Some Early Great Scots Astronomers 159
Today's Scottish Astronomy Scene 159
James Gregory 161
Alexander Wilson 161
The Sairchin Mind 166
Thomas Brisbane 169
Mary Somerville 170
Mary Somerville 171
A Wee Message Frae Mary Somerville 174
Thomas Henderson 175
John Pringle Nichol 176
Charles Piazzi Smyth 177
Piazzi 181
James Clerk Maxwell 183
Daftie 188
Williamina Fleming 190
Chapter 6
Human Views and Models of the Cosmos Through the Ages 192
From Cave Art to the Late Neolithic 192
Afore the Dawn 196
The Geometrically Perfect Cosmos of Ancient Greece and its Legacy 201
The Grand Orrery 203
Mechanical Models of Time, Space, and Motion 204
Modern Planetaria and Virtual Reality Systems 206
Modern Artistic Representations of the Cosmos 208
Chapter 7
Some Personal Adventures in Oor Big Braw Cosmos 210
Solarigraphy 210
Two New Constellations for Scotland 213
Yondermaist 216
The Astronomer Royal for Scotland - Tales of a Coat of Arms 218
Arms and the Man 223
The Scottish Dark Sky Observatory and a Burns Club Visit 225
Ayont the Sun 230
Ten Draps o Watter 231
The Kirkhill Pillar, Calderwood and Gazing Toward Black Holes 233
Chapter 8
In the End 235
The End of Life on Earth and of our Planets 235
The Fates of Galaxies, Stars and Exoplanetary Systems 236
The Final Physical Fate of the Cosmos 236
Multiverse 241
Epilogue: Aeternum 242
Appendix:
The Wider Worlds of Cosmic Imagery and Poetry 243
The Star o Hope 250
Map:
Some Scottish Sites of Astronomical Interest 252
Timeline:
Some Highlights in Cosmic and Astronomical History 254
