Celestial detective stories, sensations and mysteries

In this book, an author of science fiction novels for young adults and an insightful commentator on Däniken's Chariots of the Gods solves historical and cultural riddles. He searches for the correct date of Christ's birth (In Search of the Star of Bethlehem) and death (...and the Graves Were Opened), uncovers the issues surrounding eras and calendars (Calendar Trouble), and solves the maritime orientation of ancient seafaring nations (The Mysterious Gourd). He also chronicles the fates of meteorites (Meteorites a Bit Differently and with Question Marks), pays attention to Hitler's misguided belief that the Earth is a hollow sphere in a stone universe (Why Germany Lost the War), and searches for the purpose of the pyramids (Curses and the Astronomy of Stones)...