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Re: astronomy list

At 10:44 AM 10/21/1999 -0500, you wrote:
Does anyone know of a list oriented specifically towards astronomy and
astronomy teaching similar to this list?
James Mackey

There is an astro list, but it's not quite what you're looking for. It is
not composed mainly of instructors, though there are a few. Professional
and amateur astronomy reports are its main value, which includes late
breaking astronomy and astrophysical news. There is much discussion of
amateur equipment, explanations and meanings of astrophysical phenomena, a
fair amount of off-topic stuff, but virtually no discussions involving
astronomy instruction. At the moment we are in another
creation/evolution/what is science debate. Leigh Palmer used to be on it,
but wisely or unwisely he has kept off it the past several years (there are
still people there who bemoan your absence, Leigh.)

If you are nevertheless interested, here is the subscription information:

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Any reader of grade school anthropology will recognize the importance --
no, the necessity -- for exploration and adaptive capability in
evolutionary survival. The idiots who profess a 6,000 year old world are
tantamount to promoters of extinction in this regard.
- Claudio Veliz, Astro list