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" The cosmic perspective "
Bennett [and others].
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BL
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738550
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b558463
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Bennett [and others].
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The cosmic perspective\ Bennett [and others].
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7th ed., new international ed
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Harlow: Pearson Education, ©2014.
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1292023309
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: 9781292023304
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Includes index.
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I. DEVELOPING PERSPECTIVE1. Our Place in the Universe 2. Discovering the Universe for Yourself3. The Science of AstronomyS1. Celestial Timekeeping and NavigationII. KEY CONCEPTS FOR ASTRONOMY4. Making Sense of the Universe: Understanding Motion, Energy, and Gravity5. Light and Matter: Reading Messages from the Cosmos6. Telescopes: Portals of DiscoveryIII. LEARNING FROM OTHER WORLDS7. Our Planetary System8. Formation of the Solar System9. Planetary Geology: Earth and the Other Terrestrial Worlds10. Planetary Atmospheres: Earth and the Other Terrestrial Worlds11. Jovian Planet Systems12. Asteroids, Comets, and Dwarf Planets: Their Nature, Orbits, and Impacts13. Other Planetary Systems: The New Science of Distant WorldsIV. A DEEPER LOOK AT NATURES2. Space and TimeS3. Spacetime and GravityS4. Building Blocks of the UniverseV. STARS14. Our Star15. Surveying the Stars16. Star Birth17. Star Stuff18. The Bizarre Stellar GraveyardVI. GALAXIES AND BEYOND19. Our Galaxy20. Galaxies and the Foundation of Modern Cosmology21. Galaxy Evolution22. Dark Matter, Dark Energy, and the Fate of the Universe23. The Beginning of Time
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Astronomy -- Textbooks.
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Astronomy.
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QB43.3B466 2014
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Jeffrey O Bennett
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