by Tahir Yaqoob, Ph.D.
Corrections to various editions of the book.
Page 9: The word "neutrons" should be "nucleons". A regular Hydrogen atom has one proton and no neutrons (i.e., one nucleon), and Deuterium, or "heavy Hydrogen" has atoms that have one proton and one neutron (i.e., two nucleons).
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Printed on or after January 4, 2012
No issues so far.
Printed before January 4, 2012
p. 71: “error of about 420 degrees...” should read:
“error of about 500 degrees Celsius (900 degrees
Fahrenheit).”
The deepfly.org website has disappeared from the planet.
p. 206: The URL to the JPL solar system webpages has changed. Omit the “index.cfm” portion of the URL.
Several minor typographical errors.
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3rd Edition (from 4 January 2012)
No issues so far.
2nd and 1st Editions (before 4 January 2012)
In Chapter 3, in section Chemical Composition, “error of about 420 degrees...” should read:
“error of about 500 degrees Celsius (900 degrees
Fahrenheit).”
The deepfly.org website has disappeared from the planet.
In several places the link to JPL webpages is broken because of URLs that have changed.
Several minor typographical errors.
Technical problem with NCX index. Unnoticable under most circumstances.
No issues so far.
Last updated 4 January 2012
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