Asimov Isaac. Of Matters Great and Small

ACE books, 1975. — 312 p.Collection of 17 science essays, including how the speed of light was determined, the energy crisis, the Three Laws of Futurics, asteroids, and eclipses:
Constant as the Northern Star
Signs of the Times
The Mispronounced Metal
The Figure of the Fastest
The Figure of the Farthest
The Eclipse and I
Dance of the Luminaries
The Uneternal Atoms
A Particular Matter
At Closest Range
The Double-Ended Candle
As Easy As Two Plus Three
Updating the Asteroids
Look Long upon a Monkey
O Keen-eyed Peerer into the Future
Skewered!