-------------------------------------------------------------------------- | Add your name to the CLEAN GOA INITIATIVE | | | | by visiting this link and following the instructions therein | | | | http://shire.symonds.net/pipermail/goanet/2005-October/033926.html | -------------------------------------------------------------------------- I am currently reading a book written for the lay person / amateurs entitled:
NEAREST STAR - The surprising science of our sun. Authors: Leon Golub and Jay M. Pasachoff. The authors are astrophysicist at Harvard Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics and Field Memorial Professor of Astronomy at Williams college- a veteran of 31 solar eclipses, respectively. The book should be of interest to any Goan interested in the planetary system and solar space. The book is written for the lay person, but with a fair amount of science. It caught my eye, that this book does not have a single reference. Goans and Goanetters often have the habit for asking for / insisting on references on some messages posted in cyber-Goa. This book reinforces that the responsibility of references lies on the shoulders of the person contradicting the post to prove that what has been posted / written is wrong. Often some armchair Goans want others to provide them with all the facts, "references" and research. The only time references are needed (to new and controversial issues) is, if it is a scientific paper or a thesis. Of course this does not mean one believes all one reads on cyber Goa. As we all know there are some honest errors on minutiae, as well as some "lagao bhathi." Kind Regards, GL
