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Mercury Magazine

Contents and Select Excerpts
Vol. 36 No. 4
Fall 2007

Mercury is a quarterly membership magazine. Find out how you can join the ASP today!

Page	Article
12	A Book of Universal Proportion, Michael Chabin Writing the story of astronomy is what we all attempt to do, but how we do it is critical.
20	The Real Stars of Harry Potter, C. Renée James Writer J. K. Rowling’s universe of Harry Potter and associates is colorful, complicated, and punctuated by some genuinely stellar characters.
28	Our Whirling World, Joel Marks Talk of days and years is fine, but we cannot disentangle our world's rotation and revolution.
33	Out of the Past: Astronomy Books for the Young, Then and Now, Wayne Wood Most of the allure of astronomy and outer space has always been what is unknown, not what is known.
	Departments
4	Editorial, James C. White II Never Far From Home
5	Armchair Astrophysics, Christopher Wanjek Sizing Up a Neutron Star
6	Planetary Perspectives, Daniel D. Durda A Horse of a Different Color
7	Echoes of the Past, Katherine Bracher Planetary Nebulae
8	Astronomer's Notebook, Jennifer Birriel The Missing Satellites Problem
9	Annals of Astronomy, Clifford J. Cunningham Euler at 300
10	Societal Impact , Michael Gibbs Astronomy Education from the Ground Up
11	Education Matters, David Bruning Taking the Proof Out of Theory
38	Sky Events, Richard Talcott November Sky Map \| December Sky Map \| January Sky Map
42	Society Scope
46	Last Word, James G. Manning Growing into the New Century