Folks:
The list below contains the errors and typos that I know about in the book. A lot of those have already been talked about on this board, and some I found on my own.
If you know of any more, please add them to this thread. If/when we go to a second printing, I want to make sure I can correct as much as possible. BROAD HINT: hurry. [img]/phpBB/images/smiles/icon_wink.gif[/img]
Bad Bad Astronomy:
Errors to fix in the second printing
1) Page 5, pp1, typo: “Their home on the web is one of the most populat sites on the planet.”
Change to: “popular”
2) Page 16, pp1, error: “… the yolk is really the embryo of the chicken, and shouldn’t get jostled too much…”
Change to “… the yolk is the embryo’s food, and shouldn’t get jostled too much.”
3) Page 29, pp4, typo: “…people think is a really long time…”
Change to “…people think it’s a really long time…”
4) Page 44, diagram, error: change diagram comment from “at noon” to “Sun high in sky”, and change “sunset” to “Sun on horizon”
5) Page 49, pp4, error: “…amounts to only a 4-degree Celsius (roughly 6 degrees Fahrenheit)…”
Change to “…amounts to only a 4-degree Celsius (roughly 7 degrees Fahrenheit)…”
6) Page 49, pp4, error: “…Maine, where the seasonal change in temperature is more like 30 degrees Celsius (80 degrees Fahrenheit)…”
Change to “…Maine, where the seasonal change in temperature is more like 44
degrees Celsius (80 degrees Fahrenheit)…”
7) Page 99, pp4,error: “…Einstein won his Noble prize for this work and not his much later work on relativity.”
Change to “…Einstein won his Noble prize for this work and not his work on
relativity.”
[img]/phpBB/images/smiles/icon_cool.gif[/img] Page 127, pp2, typo : “Nascar”
Change to “NASCAR” (it’s an acronym)
9) Page 129, pp3, error : “Even though it outweighs the Moon by a factor of 25,000…”
Change to “Even though it has 25,000 times the Moon’s mass…”
10) Page 134, pp3, error : “…can be as high as 100 kilometers per second (80 miles per second)…”
Change to “…can be as high as 100 kilometers per second (60 miles per
second)…”
11) Page 137, pp3, error : “In every movie or television program I have ever seen, without exception, small meteorites….”
Change to “In practically every movie and television program I have ever seen,
small meteorites…”
12) Page 144, pp1, typo : “Curtis Shapely”
Change to “Harlow Shapley”
Note: last name was spelled incorrectly and first name was wrong.
Also, remove entry for “Curtis Shapely” in index, and add this reference to
“Harlow Shapley”
13) Page 160, pp4, error : “In 1957 the United States…”
Change to “In 1958, the United States…”
14) Page 163, pp4, error : “…dealing with the landing of the LEM, the odd-looking contraption…”
Change to “… dealing with the landing of the Lunar Module (or LM), the odd-looking contraption…”
15) Page 163, pp4, error: “LEM”
Change to “LM” in both instances
16) Page 165, pp2, error: “LEM”
Change to “LM” in both instances
17) Page 167, pp1 and pp2, error : “LEM”
Change to “LM” in both instances
18) Page 168, pp4 and pp5, error : “LEM”
Change to “LM” in both instances
19) Page 176, pp1, error : “…to those by the ancient Greek, Pliny the Elder.”
Change to “… to those by the ancient Roman, Pliny the Elder.”
20) Page 192, pp2, error: “That friction takes energy away from the Earth-Moon system, slowing the gears a bit. In the end, that energy comes from the energy of the Moon’s orbit. As that energy is sucked out by the Earth’s oceans, the Moon slows in its orbit, and as it slows it pulls farther away.”
Change to “That friction takes energy away from the Earth, slowing its rotation,
and gives it to the Moon in the form of orbital energy. When the orbital energy of
an object is increased, it moves into a higher orbit, so the Moon’s increased
orbital energy means the Moon moves away from the Earth. The increased
distance also means The Moon slows its orbital speed as well.”
21) Page 212, subheading, typo : “The fault lies not in the stars, but in ourselves.”
Change to “The Fault lies not in our stars, but in ourselves.”
Have someone please check this with a definitive source; I have now seen it written both ways!
22) Page 248, pp2, error : “…the average distance between them was 1 kilometer (0.8 miles)”
Change to “… the average distance between them was 1 kilometer (0.6 miles)”
23) Page 251, top line, error : “…when Australopithecus afarensis was the most highly evolved creature on the planet.”
Change to “… when Australopithecus afarensis was the most intelligent primate
on the planet.”
24) Page 270, index, error : “LEM module”
Change to “Lunar Module (LM)”
Also, there are references to the LM on pages 163, 165, 167, and 168. Page 168
was left off of the index.
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