Curiosities of the Sky: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

Curiosities of the Sky, credited to Garrett Serviss, is available as a LibriVox volunteer audiobook. This guide identifies the recording, its source summary and its audio tracks.

About the work

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Librivox recording of Curiosities of the Sky by Garrett Serviss. Read by LibriVox Volunteers. "The dominion which astronomy has always held over the minds of men is akin to that of poetry; when the former becomes merely instructive and the latter purely didactic, both lose their power over the imagination. Astronomy is known as the oldest of the sciences, and it will be the longest-lived because it will always have arcana that have not been penetrated." - excerpt from the Preface of Curiosities of the Sky by Garrett Serviss. For more free audiobooks, or to become a volunteer reader, please visit librivox.org.

Recording facts

• Recording title: Curiosities of the Sky
• Author credits: Garrett Serviss
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 15
• Listed recording duration: 5:43:04

Catalogue topics

• astronomy
• nonfiction

Track guide

1. 00- Preface — 4:07
2. 01 - The Windows of Absolute Night — 26:33
3. 02 - Star-Clouds, Star-Clusters, and Star-Streams — 30:27
4. 03 - Stellar Migrations — 26:00
5. 04 - The Passing of the Constellations — 19:25
6. 05 - Conflagrations in the Heavens — 24:16
7. 06 - Explosive and Whirling Nebulae — 25:05
8. 07 - The Banners of the Sun — 22:43
9. 08 - The Zodiacal Light Mystery — 22:30
10. 09 - Marvels of the Aurora — 20:42
11. 10 - Strange Adventures of Comets — 24:20
12. 11 - Meteors, Fire-Balls, and Meteorites — 27:31
13. 12 - The Wrecking of the Moon — 25:48
14. 13 - The Great Mars Problem — 27:46
15. 14 - The Riddle of the Asteroids — 16:01

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