Bad Astronomy: Misconceptions and Misuses Revealed, from Astrology to the Moon Landing “Hoax” - Philip Plait (2002)
Part I. Bad Astronomy Begins at Home
Chapter 1. The Yolk's on You: Egg Balancing and the Equinox
Chapter 2. Flushed with Embarrassment: The Coriolis Effect and Your Bathroom
Chapter 3. Idiom's Delight: Bad Astronomy in Everyday Language
Part II. From the Earth to the Moon
Chapter 4. Blue Skies Smiling at Me: Why the Sky Is Blue
Chapter 5. A Dash of Seasons: Why Summer Turns to Fall
Chapter 6. Phase the Nation: The Moon's Changing Face
Chapter 7. The Gravity of the Situation: The Moon and the Tides
Chapter 8. The Moon Hits Your Eye Like a Big Pizza Pie: The Big Moon Illusion
Part III. Skies at Night Are Big and Bright
Chapter 9. Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star: Why Stars Appear to Twinkle
Chapter 10. Star Light, Star White: Stars of Many Colors
Chapter 11. Well, Well: The Difficulty of Daylight Star Sighting
Chapter 12. The Brightest Star: Polaris Just Another Face in the Crowd
Chapter 13. Shadows in the Sky: Eclipses and Sun-Watching
Chapter 14. The Disaster That Wasn't: The Great Planetary Alignment of 2000
Chapter 15. Meteors, Meteoroids, and Meteorites, Oh My!: The Impact of Meteors and Asteroids
Chapter 16. When the Universe Throws You a Curve: Misunderstanding the Beginning of It All
Part IV. Artificial Intelligence
Chapter 17. Appalled at Apollo: Uncovering the Moon-Landing Hoax
Chapter 18. Worlds in Derision: Velikovsky vs. Modern Science
Chapter 19. In the Beginning: Creationism and Astronomy
Chapter 20. Misidentified Flying Objects: UFOs and Illusions of the Mind and Eye
Part V. Beam Me Up
Chapter 22. Hubble Trouble: Hubble Space Telescope Misconceptions