Fiction pen name of Rod Martin, Jr. (full name: Rodney Carl Martin, Jr).

Mr. Martin has been a Hollywood artist with screen credit, a software engineer with a degree summa cum laude, and a published author of several science fiction books. ...more

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Language of Science — Using the Right Terms in Communication

Language of Science: Stars
Language of Science: Our sun

In the language of science, our sun already has a name. It’s called Sol. Here we see the sun up close with a limb flare hurtling from the surface (2007:0112). Hinode JAXA/NASA (PD).

In college, my astronomy professor insisted that people were messing up the language of science by using the word “sun” for other stars. There was only one Sun, he said, and it was in our dayti

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Carl Martin’s books

Average rating: 3.57 · 30 ratings · 2 reviews · 8 distinct works

	Emergence (Touch the Stars #1) by John Dalmas, Carl Martin (Goodreads Author) 3.73 avg rating — 22 ratings — published 1983 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Diaspora (Touch the Stars #2) 3.13 avg rating — 8 ratings — published 2014 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Entropy's Children 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2014 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Gods and Dragons (Edge of Remembrance #1) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2017 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Tales of Atlantis Lost (Edge of Remembrance #2) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2017 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Water 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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	Carl Martin 1st edit/1 print Delta Deputies Adventure Stories of the Bayou Country 1959 [Hardcover] Martin, Carl [Hardcover] Martin, Carl 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars