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Research output: Contribution to Journal/Magazine › Book/Film/Article review
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TY - JOUR
T1 - Sirius matters, by N. Brosch
AU - McClintock, P. V. E.
N1 - Review of book "Sirius Matters", by N. Brosch
PY - 2010/3/17
Y1 - 2010/3/17
N2 - Sirius is the brightest star in the night sky. It is able to cast shadows and can even be visible during daylight. So it is hardly surprising that it has been an object of great human fascination over the millennia, and that it has accrued an extensive terrestrial history in the writings and art of many civilisations and peoples including Egypt and the ancient Middle East, Greece, Rome, Africa, Arabia, India, China, Judah, the Americas and Australia. It also has an important history in modern science and still retains some teasing mysteries.
AB - Sirius is the brightest star in the night sky. It is able to cast shadows and can even be visible during daylight. So it is hardly surprising that it has been an object of great human fascination over the millennia, and that it has accrued an extensive terrestrial history in the writings and art of many civilisations and peoples including Egypt and the ancient Middle East, Greece, Rome, Africa, Arabia, India, China, Judah, the Americas and Australia. It also has an important history in modern science and still retains some teasing mysteries.
U2 - 10.1080/00107510903425569
DO - 10.1080/00107510903425569
M3 - Book/Film/Article review
VL - 51
SP - 464
EP - 465
JO - Contemporary Physics
JF - Contemporary Physics
SN - 0010-7514
IS - 5
ER -