Teachings and Observations of John Dobson
John Lowry Dobson (September 14, 1915 – January 15, 2014) was an amateur astronomer and is best known for the Dobsonian telescope, a portable, low-cost Newtonian reflector telescope.[2] He was less known for his efforts to promote awareness of astronomy (and his unorthodox views of physical cosmology) through public lectures including his performances of “sidewalk astronomy.”
| John Dobson | Loose-Leaf Book 1 and Book (Table of Contents) |
|---|---|
| TOC Part 1 | Table of Contents: Part 1 |
| TOC Part 2 | Table of Contents: Part 2 |
| Chapters 1 to 6 | "4 Questions" to "Borders" |
| Chapters 7 to 13 | "Cats" to "Connecting the Maps" |
| Chapters 13 to 19 | "Connecting the Maps (cont.)" to "Dying Stars Viewed From Death Valley" |
| Chapters 20 to 23 | "Einstein's Geometry to Entropy" |
| Chapters 23 to 30 | "Entropy (cont.) to How Much Are We Willing to Take for Granted?" |
| Chapters 31 to 33 | "Huxley to It's Alive" |
| Chapters 34 to 38 | "Memories — An Apology" to "Observational Evidence" |
| Chapters 39 to 41 | "On the Beaches of Africa" to "Origins" |
| Chapters 42 to 46 | "Personal and Impersonal" to "Physics and Vedanta - Addendum 2" |
| Chapters 47 to 54 | "Potholes and Plate Glass" to "The Big Bang: 'A Thing of Rags and Patches'" |
| Chapters 55 to 56 | "The Double-Slit Experiment" to "The Equations of Maya" |
| Chapters 57 to 63 | "The 'Exterior Decorator'" to "Tycho" |
| Chapters 64 to 70 | "Various Shorts" to "Why Hydrogen" |