When astronomers get it wrong. After you read the article, read - TopicsExpress



          

When astronomers get it wrong. After you read the article, read the paper, too (link at end). Its a short, non-technical PDF. My favorite blunder: Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin … concluded that the Sun’s atmosphere is made mostly of hydrogen. While reviewing her dissertation, the distinguished Princeton astronomer Henry Norris Russell convinced her to avoid the conclusion that the composition of the Sun is different from that of the Earth, as it contradicted the conventional wisdom at the time.
Posted on: Mon, 26 May 2014 21:55:16 +0000

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