The Stars in Their Courses
# The Stars in Their Courses

The Stars in Their Courses is a collection of seventeen scientific essays by American writer Isaac Asimov. It is the eighth in a series of books collecting his essays from The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction (May 1969 to September 1970). Doubleday & Company first published the collection in 1971.

## Contents

* Introduction
* Part A: Astronomy
   * "The Stars in their Courses"
   * "The Lop-sided Sun"
   * "The Lunar Honor-roll"
   * "Worlds in Confusion"
* Part B: Physics
   * "Two at a Time"
   * "On Throwing a Ball"
   * "The Man Who Massed the Earth"
   * "The Luxon Wall"
   * "Playing the Game"
   * "The Distance of Far"
* Part C: Chemistry
   * "The Multiplying Elements"
   * "Bridging the Gaps"
   * "The Nobel Prize That Wasn't"
* Part D: Sociology
   * "The Fateful Lightning"
   * "The Sin of the Scientist"
   * "The Power of Progression"
   * "My Planet, 'tis of Thee—"
