Any good resources on astronomy/astrology?

Hi everyone

I'm a newbie to the world of astronomy/astrology.

Can anyone recommend some good books or websites
about the topic?

Thanks in advance.

Best Regards,
Gary Hendricks
http://www.build-your-own-computers.com

On Sun, 29 Jun 2003 15:24:10 +0800, "Timberwolf"
wrote:

Hi everyone

I'm a newbie to the world of astronomy/astrology.

Can anyone recommend some good books or websites
about the topic?

Thanks in advance.


I would recommend that you start with these sites.

Your Astrology Defense Kit
Ten embarrassing questions to ask astrology believers.
http://www.astrosociety.org/educatio...astrology.html

Astronomical Pseudo-science: A Skeptic's Resource List
List of resources for those who want to examine with a skeptical eye
some of the claims at the fringes of science that seem connected to
astronomy.
http://www.astrosociety.org/educatio...pseudobib.html

Bad Astronomy
Corrects misinformation about astronomy.
http://www.badastronomy.com/

Skeptic's Dictionary
A Collection of Strange Beliefs, Amusing Deceptions, and Dangerous
Delusions
Astrology
http://skepdic.com/astrolgy.html

Critical Thinking study topics - pseudoscience fact sheets - Astrology
http://www.csj.org/studyindex/studyc...ctatrology.htm

Topic list
http://www.csj.org/studyindex/studyc...udoscience.htm

Baloney Detection
How to draw boundaries between science and pseudoscience
By MICHAEL SHERMER
http://homepages.wmich.edu/%7Ekorista/baloney.html

CARL SAGAN'S BALONEY DETECTION KIT
http://www1.tpgi.com.au/users/tps-seti/baloney.html

A Field Guide to Critical Thinking
James Lett
http://www.csicop.org/si/9012/critical-thinking.html

How Thinking Goes Wrong
Twenty-five Fallacies That Lead Us
to Believe Weird Things
http://www.positiveatheism.org/writ/sherm3.htm

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Quackwatch - Your Guide to Health Fraud,
Quackery, and Intelligent Decisions
http://www.quackwatch.org/index.html

The James Randi Educational Foundation
http://www.randi.org/

Fallacy Tutorial
http://www.nizkor.org/features/fallacies/


Stephen's Guide to the Logical Fallacies
http://www.datanation.com/fallacies/index.htm

Don't respond to this butt-head. He's as regular a troll as you can get,
same message, time after time. He's a slow learner...


"LP" wrote in message
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On Sun, 29 Jun 2003 15:24:10 +0800, "Timberwolf"
wrote:

Hi everyone

I'm a newbie to the world of astronomy/astrology.

Can anyone recommend some good books or websites
about the topic?

Thanks in advance.


I would recommend that you start with these sites.

Your Astrology Defense Kit
Ten embarrassing questions to ask astrology believers.
http://www.astrosociety.org/educatio...astrology.html

Astronomical Pseudo-science: A Skeptic's Resource List
List of resources for those who want to examine with a skeptical eye
some of the claims at the fringes of science that seem connected to
astronomy.
http://www.astrosociety.org/educatio...pseudobib.html

Bad Astronomy
Corrects misinformation about astronomy.
http://www.badastronomy.com/

Skeptic's Dictionary
A Collection of Strange Beliefs, Amusing Deceptions, and Dangerous
Delusions
Astrology
http://skepdic.com/astrolgy.html

Critical Thinking study topics - pseudoscience fact sheets - Astrology

http://www.csj.org/studyindex/studyc...ctatrology.htm

Topic list

http://www.csj.org/studyindex/studyc...udoscience.htm

Baloney Detection
How to draw boundaries between science and pseudoscience
By MICHAEL SHERMER
http://homepages.wmich.edu/%7Ekorista/baloney.html

CARL SAGAN'S BALONEY DETECTION KIT
http://www1.tpgi.com.au/users/tps-seti/baloney.html

A Field Guide to Critical Thinking
James Lett
http://www.csicop.org/si/9012/critical-thinking.html

How Thinking Goes Wrong
Twenty-five Fallacies That Lead Us
to Believe Weird Things
http://www.positiveatheism.org/writ/sherm3.htm

-----------------------------------

Quackwatch - Your Guide to Health Fraud,
Quackery, and Intelligent Decisions
http://www.quackwatch.org/index.html

The James Randi Educational Foundation
http://www.randi.org/

Fallacy Tutorial
http://www.nizkor.org/features/fallacies/


Stephen's Guide to the Logical Fallacies
http://www.datanation.com/fallacies/index.htm