The Stars in Their Courses


The Stars in Their Courses is a collection of seventeen scientific essays by American writer Isaac Asimov. It is the eighth in a series of books collecting his essays from The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction. Doubleday & Company first published the collection in 1971.

Contents

  • Introduction
  • Part A: Astronomy
  • *"The Stars in their Courses"
  • *"The Lop-sided Sun"
  • *"The Lunar Honor-roll"
  • *"Worlds in Confusion"
  • Part B: Physics
  • *"Two at a Time"
  • *"On Throwing a Ball"
  • *"The Man Who Massed the Earth"
  • *"The Luxon Wall"
  • *"Playing the Game"
  • *"The Distance of Far"
  • Part C: Chemistry
  • *"The Multiplying Elements"
  • *"Bridging the Gaps"
  • *"The Nobel Prize That Wasn't"
  • Part D: Sociology
  • *"The Fateful Lightning"
  • *"The Sin of the Scientist"
  • *"The Power of Progression"
  • *"My Planet, 'tis of Thee—"