proof textbook writers have a sense of humor
direct excerpt from my astro text i thought i would share with you:
"The Galilean satellites are named after objects of mythological Jupiter's wide-ranging fancies.
Callisto was a beautiful maiden who enticed Jupiter, provoking the wrath of Juno, Jupiter's wife. She turned Callisto into a bear. After Io's romance with Jupiter, she was turned into a heifer, pursued by Juno's "gadfly" (I'm not making this up!). To elude the ever-watchful Juno, Jupiter approached Europa as a bull; she climbed upon his back, and the two flew off to Crete, where Europa became an object of worship. Ganymede, a "handsome youth" attracted Jupiter's attention too, who whisked the boy off to become a cupbearer to the gods.
The stuff of soap opera, right here in your astronomy class"
every now and then the voice of the writer's break through and they are funny, now if only they could have invested in an editor for the student book to correct all the horrible spelling errors...
"The Galilean satellites are named after objects of mythological Jupiter's wide-ranging fancies.
Callisto was a beautiful maiden who enticed Jupiter, provoking the wrath of Juno, Jupiter's wife. She turned Callisto into a bear. After Io's romance with Jupiter, she was turned into a heifer, pursued by Juno's "gadfly" (I'm not making this up!). To elude the ever-watchful Juno, Jupiter approached Europa as a bull; she climbed upon his back, and the two flew off to Crete, where Europa became an object of worship. Ganymede, a "handsome youth" attracted Jupiter's attention too, who whisked the boy off to become a cupbearer to the gods.
The stuff of soap opera, right here in your astronomy class"
every now and then the voice of the writer's break through and they are funny, now if only they could have invested in an editor for the student book to correct all the horrible spelling errors...