The Stars in Their Courses

Collection of essays by Isaac Asimov

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The Stars in Their Courses

First edition

Author| Isaac Asimov
Language| English
Series| Essays from The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction
Genre| Science
Publisher| Doubleday

Publication date

| 1971
Publication place| United States
Media type| Print (Hardback and Paperback)
Preceded by| The Solar System and Back
Followed by| The Left Hand of the Electron

The Stars in Their Courses is a collection of seventeen scientific essays by American writer Isaac Asimov.[1] It is the eighth in a series of books collecting his essays from The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction (May 1969 to September 1970). Doubleday & Company first published the collection in 1971.[2]

## Contents

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* 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—"

## References

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1. ^ "What is Isaac Asimov best known for? | Britannica". www.britannica.com. Retrieved 2024-07-22.
2. ^ Asimov, Isaac (1971). The Stars in Their Courses. Internet Archive. Garden City, N.Y., Doubleday.

## External links

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* Asimovonline.com

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Essay collections by Isaac Asimov

Collections|

* Only a Trillion (1957)
* Fact and Fancy (1962)
* View from a Height (1963)
* Adding a Dimension (1964)
* Of Time and Space and Other Things (1965)
* From Earth to Heaven (1966)
* Science, Numbers, and I (1968)
* The Solar System and Back (1970)
* The Stars in Their Courses (1971)
* The Left Hand of the Electron (1972)
* The Tragedy of the Moon (1973)
* Of Matters Great and Small (1975)
* The Planet That Wasn't (1976)
* Quasar, Quasar, Burning Bright (1978)
* The Road to Infinity (1979)
* Asimov on Science Fiction (1981)
* The Sun Shines Bright (1981)
* Counting the Eons (1983)
* 'X' Stands for Unknown (1984)
* The Subatomic Monster (1985)
* Far as Human Eye Could See (1987)
* The Relativity of Wrong (1988)
* Out of the Everywhere (1990)
* Robot Visions (1990)
* The Secret of the Universe (1991)

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* The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction

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