Simon Newcomb — the most honoured American scientist of his day — collected in Side-Lights on Astronomy his best essays and addresses: the structure of the universe, the possibility of life on other worlds, aerial flight, and the workings of scientific institutions, each carrying the authority of the man who recomputed the solar system.
Newcomb wrote for the public with the same rigour he gave the almanac. Download the free EPUB for astronomy’s establishment voice at its finest.