Cosmology and Controversy

17/7: I have never had to open an Excel spreadsheet on my phone to list typos in a book before. Seriously. Two in one paragraph on p. 17.

brihgtness
Andomeda

Now, I am completely ignorant in the field. If there is an Andomeda, to be spoken of in the same breath as Andromeda, do enlighten me.
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I know Manny was so taken with this book that he took a chivalrous approach to the publication, but I have only read 4 lines and I'm already crosser than a penguin who missed the last boat to Antarctica and has to fly the whole way.

In the interests of being fair, given that I rant on an almost daily basis about the unreliability of the internet and all this means to us now, including illiteracy, and speed at show more the expense of accuracy, I wonder if academic publishing has ever had any standards that stack up to those I believe commercial publishers used to have.

Back when there were books. The older readers will recall.

Line four has the word

wih

Dead set.

Manny did warn me the proofreading would not make me happy.

Too right.

Princeton University Press. 1999. And NOT EVEN a fucking first printing. They actually had the gall to do this to a reprint.

Unfuckingforgiveable. show less