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You're assuming the goal is to teach astrophysics, rather than astronomy. If we're just trying to teach the space equivalent of geography, the physics and plot
by Zikes 11y ago
You're assuming the goal is to teach astrophysics, rather than astronomy. If we're just trying to teach the space equivalent of geography, the physics and plot don't matter so much as the physical locations and nomenclature.
- Mithaldu 11y agoAstronomy is the study of the laws of stars, not of their names, regardless of how close "nomy" sounds to "name". https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Astronomy https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Astronomy Additionally Sagan was most certainly conflating it with astrophysics, as is commonly done, and evidenced by his mention of "stellar evolutionary events".
- nether 11y agoThat's barely even astronomy. At the university level, astronomy coursework is basically math.