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Old 20-February-2004, 11:09 PM
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I was bored and looked in our library collections for moon hoax books. Well guess what came up? Bad Astronomy. :-D It seems that my university does have a great head on its shoulders. :-)
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I was bored and looked in our library collections for moon hoax books. Well guess what came up? Bad Astronomy. :-D It seems that my university does have a great head on its shoulders. :-)
Great! Any record of how many times it has be borrowed?
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Sorry no. It is a E-Book.
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The University of Georgia library (where I work) also has the book.
In fact, according to WorldCat, 1096 libraries own the book. Way to go, Phil! =D>


One library, Flathead Valley Community College Library, seems to own a VHS of it. Theres a VHS of it? Here is the information about it, according to WorldCat....


Title: Bad Astronomy
Author(s): Plait, Philip C.
Corp Author(s): Skeptics Society.
Publication: Altadena, CA :; Skeptics Society,
Year: 2002
Description: 1 videocassette (112 min.):; sd., col.;; 1/2 in.
Language: English
Abstract: Dr. Philip Plait addresses the most popular astronomical misunderstandings of our age, including: astrology, UFOs, alien abductions, the moon hoax, the moon illusion, standing an egg on end during the vernal equinox, and other astronomical anomalies, such as do all starts look white?
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Now that the BA is back from his trip, I'm bumping this to hopefully get an answer. I'm suspecting its a typo, but I want him to know in case he needs to contact them.
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Michael Shermer of the Skeptics Society invited me to give my Moon Hoax talk in LA a couple of years ago. I assume that's what they have. His HQ is in Altadena, so that fits. I assume that's what it is.

I'd actually like to see it; in the Q&A I was confronted by an HB. But that's another story...
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Michael Shermer of the Skeptics Society invited me to give my Moon Hoax talk in LA a couple of years ago. I assume that's what they have. His HQ is in Altadena, so that fits. I assume that's what it is.

I'd actually like to see it; in the Q&A I was confronted by an HB. But that's another story...
Hmmm ...

I think we'd all Love to hear it, right everyone?
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Oooo, storytime! Pleeeease?
C'mon, I'm graduating from high school tomorrow, consider it my grad present. :wink:
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