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The great moon hoax / by Krensky, Stephen.(CARDINAL)507036; Bisaillon, Josée,illustrator.(CARDINAL)501343;
Junior Library GuildTwo newsboys in 1830s New York sell copies of the New York Sun reporting that a powerful telescope has found exotic animals and structures on the moon. Based on a true story.7-9.2-4.750LAccelerated Reader ARA Junior Library Guild selection
Subjects: Fiction.; Hoaxes; Newspaper vendors; Newspapers;
Available copies: 3 / Total copies: 4
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The Sun and the moon : the remarkable true account of hoaxers, showmen, dueling journalists, and lunar man-bats in nineteenth-century New York / by Goodman, Matthew.(CARDINAL)463718;
Includes bibliographical references and index.A study of a nineteenth-century journalistic hoax describes how a series of articles appearing in the "New York Sun" in 1835 purported to reveal lunar discoveries made by a noted British astronomer concerning life on the moon.
Subjects: Trivia and miscellanea.; Day, Benjamin Henry, 1810-1889.; Sun (New York, N.Y. : 1833); Fraud in science; Great Moon Hoax; Journalism;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 3
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My favorites : a collection of short stories / by Bova, Ben,1932-2020author.(CARDINAL)139122;
Monster slayer -- Muzhestvo -- We'll always have Paris -- The great moon hoax, or, a princess of Mars -- Inspiration -- Scheherazade and the storytellers -- The supersonic zeppelin -- Mars farts -- The man who hated gravity -- Sepulcher -- the cafe coup -- The angel's figt -- Waterbot -- Sam and the Flying Dutchman."In this new anthology, Ben Bova has compiled fourteen of his favorite short stories. Each story includes an all-new introduction with compelling insight into the narrative. Exploring the boundaries of the genre, Bova not only writes of spaceships, aliens, and time travel in most of his titles, but also speculates on the beginnings of science fiction."--Publisher.
Subjects: Science fiction.; Short stories.;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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The best of Bova. by Bova, Ben,1932-author.;
Sepulcher -- The man who... -- Conspiracy theory -- The great Moon hoax, or A princess of Mars -- Build me a mountain -- Crisis of the month -- Free enterprise -- Vision -- Moon race -- Scheherazade and the storytellers -- Nuclear autumn -- Lower the river -- The cafe coup -- Remember, Caesar -- Life as we know it -- Delta Vee -- We'll always have Paris -- The Babe, the Iron Horse, and Mr. McGillicuddy -- Greenhouse chill -- Brothers -- Interdepartmental memorandum -- World War 4.5 -- Sam below par -- High jump -- The question -- Waterbot -- Duel in the Somme -- Bloodless victory -- Mars farts -- A pale blue dot -- Stars, won't you hide me -- Monster slayer.New York Times best-selling Grand Tour science fiction series,a six time Hugo award winner, and past president of the National Space Society. Volume #3of 3 of the very best of Ben Bova, a grandmaster of science fiction storytelling. These stories span the five decades of Bova's incandescent career. Here are tales of star-faring adventure, peril, and drama. Here are journeys into the mind-bending landscapes of virtual worlds and alternate realities. Here you'll also find stories of humanity's astounding future on Earth, on Mars and in the Solar System beyond-stories that always get the scienceright . And Bova's gathering of deeply realized, totally human characters are the heroic, brave, tricky, sometimes dastardly engineers, astronauts, corporate magnates, politicians, and scientists who will make these futures possible-and those who often find that the problems of tomorrow are always linked to human values, and human failings, that are as timeless as the stars. About the award-winning stories and novels ofBen Bova: "Technically accurate and absorbing. .."-Kirkus "[Bova is] the science fiction author who will have the greatest effect on the world."-Ray Bradbury "A masterful storyteller"-Vector "Gives a good read while turning your eyes to what might be in the not so distant future, just like Clarke and Asimov used to do so well."-SFX AboutMars, Inc., by Ben Bova .: ". . .perfectly enjoyable as an SF book (could Bova write anything thatwasn't enjoyable?),Mars, Inc. has that torn-from-the-headline vibe that's obviously intended for a larger audience. . . . the bottom line?Mars, Inc. has inspiration, excitement, thrills, romance, a dash of satire-and is a good, fun read . . . ."-Analog "The Hugo winner returns to his most popular subject: the quest for Mars."-Publishers Weekly ". . . escapist fantasy for rocket scientists and space engineers, those dreaming of these kinds of missions. Yet Bova's story is rigorously realistic. . . . a fun read showing you do not need car chases or shootouts to deliver a fast-paced and exciting story."-Daily News of Galveston County
Subjects: Short stories.; Science fiction.; Life on other planets;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Luna : the science and stories of our moon / by Aguilar, David A.,author.(CARDINAL)487272;
Provides facts about the moon, looks at the history of lunar exploration, and examines its place in the human experience.Includes bibliographical references (pages 62-63) and index.First steps on the Moon -- Cosmic chaos -- The evolution of the Moon -- Earth and Moon: compared -- Take me to the dark side -- Other moons -- Moon myths -- Howl if you've heard this one: Moon myths and lunar language -- What's in a name? -- Dreams of early explorers -- Great hoaxes and other real mysteries -- The changing phases of the Moon -- When the tide comes in -- Lunar eclipses -- Solar eclipses -- Life without a moon -- New lands for you to explore -- Lunar features -- Sea of Tranquility; Plato -- Rupes Recta; Montes Apenninus -- Grimaldi; Sinus Iridum -- Ptolemaeus, Alphonsus, and Arzachel; Vallis Alpes -- Tycho; Copernicus -- What the Apollo astronauts discovered -- To the Moon and beyond -- All good things must come to an end -- Making the Moon -- Telescope exploration guide -- Drawiing the Moon.Through gorgeous illustrations and photography, see the moon like you've never seen it before. Read myths of the moon's creation from around the world. Discover the science of how the moon actually formed. Learn all about the moon's effects on Earth's tides and imagine what the world would be like without them. Take a look at moon-men hoaxes from history and find out how scientists may actually colonize Earth's closest neighbor. Weaving together science and myth, history and technology, Luna is perfect for anyone who's ever imagined walking on the moon, wondered about the night sky, or been captivated by a thrilling werewolf story.1080L
Subjects: Instructional and educational works.; Picture books.;
Available copies: 16 / Total copies: 18
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Truth : a brief history of total bullsh*t / by Phillips, Tom,author.;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 275-304) and index.This is a book about TRUTH--and all the ways we try to avoid it--from the bestselling author of Humans: A Brief History of How We F*cked It All Up. We live in a "post-truth" world, we're told. But was there ever really a golden age of truth-telling? Or have people been lying, fibbing and just plain bullsh*tting since the beginning of time? Tom Phillips, editor of a leading independent fact-checking organization, deals with this question every day. In Truth, he tells the story of how we humans have spent history lying to each other--and ourselves--about everything from business to politics to plain old geography. Along the way, he chronicles the world's oldest customer service complaint, the Great Moon Hoax of 1835 and the surprisingly dishonest career of Benjamin Franklin. Sharp, witty and with a clear-eyed view of humanity's checkered past, Truth reveals why people lie--and how we can cut through the bullsh*t.
Subjects: World; Errors; History;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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The science of aliens : the real science behind the gods and monsters from space and time / by Brake, Mark,author.(CARDINAL)349122;
Introduction -- Part I: Aliens in history -- Aliens in Ancient Greece -- World turned upside down -- The system of the world -- Darwin among the aliens -- Einstein's sky -- Aliens in the space age -- Part II: It's life, Jim, but not as we know It -- What do Xenomorphs from Alien and Na'vi from Avatar have in common? -- Lost in space: are silicon spiders a thing? -- Why do the heptapods from Arrival look like octopuses? -- Dune and Pandora: when does the ecology of an alien world become a character? -- Is Jar Jar Binks to blame for so few aqautic aliens? -- Would Luke Skywalker really have been human? -- What do aliens in DC's Superman and Marvel's Avengers have in common? -- Why might our galazy be full of ewoks? -- Part III: Alien worlds -- Aliens on our moon: what was America's great moon hoax? -- Spaceballs: how do aliens avoid life's big obstacles? -- How does does alien migration happen in Star Wars and Star Trek? -- How would the engineers in Prometheus know which star systems to colonize? -- Forbidden planet: how weird are alien worlds? -- Cloud city: is there life on gas giants? -- The wandering Earth: are there rogue aliens worlds? -- Part IV: Alien Invasion -- Are the ancient aliens in Assassin's Creed possible? -- Foundation and Mandalorian: how might alien empires grow? -- Groot, Spock, or Bug: what might aliens look like? -- Time Lords, Vulcans, and Kryptonians: are clever aliens violent? -- Close encounters: was 'Oumuamua an alien contact event? -- Cloverfield and Contact: what is the most likely form of alien contact? -- John was trying to contact aliens: are we alone?"As space telescopes continue to search for life in this unearthly Universe, the crucial questions remain unanswered. Are we awake to the revolutionary effects on human society and science that alien contact will bring? And how is it possible to imagine the unknown? The Science of Aliens tells the compelling story of how the portrayal of alien life has evolved over time. Taking examples from science, film, and fiction, this book showcases how scholars, filmmakers, and authors have devoted their energies to imagining life beyond this Earth. From Copernicus to Kubrick, The Science of Aliens is a fascinating account for anyone interested in extraterrestrials"--
Subjects: Human-alien encounters.; Extraterrestrial beings.; Civilization;
Available copies: 5 / Total copies: 5
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Bad astronomy : misconceptions and misuses revealed, from astrology to the moon landing 'hoax' / by Plait, Philip,1964-(CARDINAL)422193;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 259-262) and index.
Subjects: Trivia and miscellanea.; Astronomy; Astronomy; Errors, Scientific.;
Available copies: 3 / Total copies: 4
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Weird Earth : debunking strange ideas about our planet / by Prothero, Donald R.,author.(CARDINAL)323088;
Includes bibliographic resources and index.Science and critical thinking -- The flat earth -- Ptolemy revisited -- The hollow earth -- Is the earth expanding? -- Did we really land on the Moon? -- Magnetic myths -- Earth-shaking myths -- Quacks and quakes -- Was there a great flood? -- Are dinosaurs faked? -- Is the earth only six thousand years old? -- Mysteries of mount shasta -- The myth of Atlantis -- The mysterious ley lines -- Crystal con artists -- Water witching -- Mysterious earth: why people want to believe weird things."Aliens. Ley lines. Water dowsing. Conspiracies and myths captivate imaginations and promise mystery and magic. Whether it's arguing about the moon landing hoax or a Frisbee-like Earth drifting through space, when held up to science and critical thinking, these ideas fall flat. In Weird Earth: Debunking Strange Ideas About Our Planet, Donald R. Prothero demystifies these conspiracies and offers answers to some of humanity's most outlandish questions. Applying his extensive scientific knowledge, Prothero corrects misinformation that con artists and quacks use to hoodwink others about geology--hollow earth, expanding earth, and bizarre earthquakes--and mystical and paranormal happenings--healing crystals, alien landings, and the gates of hell. By deconstructing wild claims such as prophesies of imminent natural disasters, Prothero provides a way for everyone to recognize dubious assertions. Prothero answers these claims with facts, offering historical and scientific context in a light-hearted manner that is accessible to everyone, no matter their background. With a careful layering of evidence in geology, archaeology, and biblical and historical records, Prothero's Weird Earth examines each conspiracy and myth and leaves no question unanswered."--
Subjects: Informational works.; Geology.; Conspiracy theories.; Curiosities and wonders.;
Available copies: 11 / Total copies: 11
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A history of ambition in 50 hoaxes / by Eaton, Gale,1947-author.(CARDINAL)478707; Hoose, Phillip M.,1947-author of introduction.(CARDINAL)157325;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 243-265) and index.1. The original Trojan horse -- What really happened at Troy? -- 2. The forgery underlying the power of medieval popes -- Constantine, Christian emperor of the Greek East and the Latin West -- 3. A letter from the mythical Prester John -- Imagining the world -- 4. Did Marco Polo really go to China? -- Mandeville's travels -- 5. The world's most mysterious book -- A question of motives -- Invented languages -- 6. Was Lambert Simnel a lost prince? -- Henry Tudor's claim to the throne -- The history of Crowland Abbey: a forged source? -- 7. Michelangelo fakes an antiquity -- A patriotic monk glorifies his hometown -- 8. A mythical island appears on maps of the North Atlantic -- Missing and misidentified islands -- 9. Secrets of an imaginary alchemist -- Paracelsus, scientific rebel -- 10. The stagecraft of Athanasius Kircher -- Kircher's museum: a scientific distraction? -- 11. Dr. Beringer reads lying fossils -- Interpreting fossils in 1725 -- 12. An ancient bard awes the literary world -- England and Scotland -- 13. Benjamin Franklin pretends to be the King of Prussia -- Benjamin Franklin's witch hoax -- 14. The Potemkin village: more than just a pretty façade -- 15. Newly discovered Shakespeare play jeered by theater-goers -- Literary forgery as an eighteenth-century epidemic -- 16. An astronomer discovers intelligent life on the Moon -- Voyages to the Moon deemed more plausible than microorganisms in a drop of water -- April fools -- 17. The Walam Olum: 90 generations of oral history of a hoax? -- Slanting history -- 18. Was the Fejee mermaid a genuine fake? -- How do you make a mermaid? -- 19. The Fox sisters invent spiritual telegraphy -- Was there really a murdered peddler? -- Spiritual telegraphy and Benjamin Franklin -- 20. Faking a trip to gold rush territory -- Getting to San Francisco -- 21. When giants roamed the earth -- Mark Twain's petrified man -- 22. The Keely Motor Company promises efficient world travel -- Scientific progress and perpetual motion -- 23. The case of the lying encyclopedia -- Wikipedia -- 24. Extracting gold from seawater -- 25. Viking runes in Minnesota -- Scythian gold at the Louvre --26. A conspiracy to justify murder -- Conspiracy theories and the damage done -- 27. A future great novelist helps hoax the Royal Navy -- HMS Dreadnought and the lead-up to World War I -- 28. Missing link found at Piltdown -- The Piltdown chicken -- How do scientists decide which bones to trust? -- 29. Naked man conquers Maine woods -- Naked publicity gimmicks and hoaxes -- Isolated living in Biosphere 2 -- 30. the spectric poets unmasked -- Two spectric poems -- 31. the original Ponzi scheme -- Pyramid schemes -- 32. Fairies are caught on camera -- Why Arthur Conan Doyle believed in fairies -- 33. Did Grand Duchess Anastasia survive the Revolution? -- Princess Caraboo -- 34. Houdini debunks a medium -- Other ways of knowing: science and new religions -- 35. If you believe that, I have a tower to sell you -- Unloading the Eiffel Tower -- 36. The Loch Ness Monster -- Standards of evidence and scientific names -- 37. Martians attack -- The BBC panics Britain -- 38. Operation Mincemeat deludes Hitler -- the classic Haversack Operation: 1917 -- 39. Dutch artist arrested for selling a Vermeer to Hermann Göring -- Detecting art forgeries -- 40. The cursed tomb of the last Aztec emperor -- Tombs of heroes -- 41. Donald Crowhurst vanishes at sea -- Yachting technology -- 42. The Tasaday: a stone-age tribe or a hoax? -- Survivals from the dawn of humanity -- 43. A faked autobiography of Howard Hughes -- A memoir of live with wolves -- 44. Moon landing conspiracy theory -- Scientific literacy -- 45. Genuine fake Hitler diaries -- Why 1983? -- 46. More lying stones: Moroccan fossils in the Himalayas -- Why the scientific record needs setting straight -- 47. Crop circle artists confess -- The will to believe -- 48. Physicist Alan Sokal spoofs postmodern scholarship -- Legislating pi -- Scholarly journals and the peer review process -- 49. Joining the campaign to ban DHMO -- Getting both sides of the story -- 50. Microsoft technical support -- Curses and crashing computers: frightening the marks.What do the Trojan Horse, Piltdown Man, Keely Motor Company, and Ponzi Scheme have in common? They were all famous hoaxes, carefully designed and bolstered with false evidence.
Subjects: Young adult literature.; Trivia and miscellanea.; Young adult literature.; History; Hoaxes; Ambition;
Available copies: 5 / Total copies: 7
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