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" Horizons : "
Michael Seeds, Joseph R. Grundy Observatory, Franklin and Marshall College, Dana Backman, SOFIA (Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy), SETI Institute & NASA Ames Research Center.
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843612
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Seeds, Michael A.
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Horizons : : exploring the universe /\ Michael Seeds, Joseph R. Grundy Observatory, Franklin and Marshall College, Dana Backman, SOFIA (Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy), SETI Institute NASA Ames Research Center.
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Fourteenth edition.
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Australia :: Cengage Learning,, [2018]
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, ©2018
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xv, 495 pages :: color illustrations ;; 29 cm
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1305960963
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: 1337755478
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: 9781305960961
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: 9781337755474
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Includes index.
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Part 1: The sky. Here and now; A user's guide to the sky; Cycles of the sun and moon; The origin of modern astronomy; Light and telescopes -- Part 2: The stars. Atoms and spectra; The sun; The family of stars; The formation and structure of stars; The death of stars; Neutron stars and black holes -- Part 3: The universe of galaxies. The milky way galaxy; Galaxies: normal and active; Modern cosmology -- Part 4: The solar system. Origin of the solar system and extrasolar planets; Earth and moon: bases for comparative planetology; Mercury, Venus, and Mars; The outer solar system; Meteorites, asteroids, and comets -- Part 5: Life. Astrobiology: life on other worlds.
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Astronomy, Textbooks.
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Astronomy.
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QB45.2.S44 2018
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Backman, Dana E.
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