title: The Stars in Their Courses
text: # 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—"
  