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Discovering the essential universe

Print Book, English, ©2004
W.H. Freeman, New York, ©2004
1 volume (various pagings) : color illustrations ; 28 cm
9780716758044, 9780716744382, 0716758040, 0716744384
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Discovering the night sky
Gravitation and the waltz of the planets
Light and telescopes
Earth and Moon
The other planets and moons
Vagabonds of the solar system
The Sun
The nature of stars
The lives of stars from birth through middle age
The death of stars
The galaxies
Cosmology
The search for extraterrestrial life
Includes index