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" Minding the heavens : "
Leila Belkora.
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BL
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703949
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b526138
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| Main Entry
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Belkora, Leila.
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| Title & Author
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Minding the heavens : : the story of our discovery of the Milky Way /\ Leila Belkora.
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| Publication Statement
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Bristol ;Philadelphia :: Institute of Physics,, 2003.
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x, 406 p. :: ill. ;; 22 cm.
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0750307307
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: 1420033921
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: 9780750307307
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: 9781420033922
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 385-392) and index.
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| Contents
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The naked-eye view of the sky -- Thomas Wright: visionary of stellar systems -- William Herschel: natural historian of the universe -- Wilhelm Struve: seeker of parallax -- William Huggins: pioneer of the new astronomy -- Jacobus Kapteyn: mastermind without a telescope -- Harlow Shapley: champion of the big galaxy -- Edwin Hubble: redeemer of island universes -- The Milky Way revealed.
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Astronomers.
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Astronomy-- History.
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Galaxies.
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Milky Way.
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| Dewey Classification
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520.9
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QB28.B45 2003
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