Timeline for Recommend good book(s) about the "scientific method" as it relates to astronomy/astrophysics?
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| Jun 16, 2011 at 16:05 | comment | added | acmshar | Carroll and Ostlie is a bit intimidating, but if you really want to understand Astronomy and Astrophysics, it is a very good reference text. Some also refer to it as BOB, the Big Orange Book. | |
| Jun 14, 2011 at 22:26 | comment | added | Andrew | WHOA! Carroll & Ostlie was exactly what I was going to recommend. I know the scientific textbook field is a little smaller community than, say, vampire novels, but seeing that kind of thing still gets me. I used the first edition in my astrophysics-major-level intro astronomy class. I know there is at least a second edition. I think they refer to a decent number of the touchstone experiments in the field. The Michelson and Morley experiment is one thing, but other insights don't have such a neat genesis, having been built up gradually by lots of people. The answers you want might not exist. | |
| Jun 13, 2011 at 22:36 | history | answered | voithos | CC BY-SA 3.0 |