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" Introducing Astronomy : "
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BL
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855473
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Nicolson, Iain.
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Introducing Astronomy : : a Guide to the Universe.
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| Publication Statement
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Edinburgh :: Dunedin Academic Press,, 2014.
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Introducing Earth & Environmental Sciences
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1 online resource (176 pages)
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1780460252
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: 1780465157
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: 9781780460253
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: 9781780465159
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| Contents
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Title page; Imprint page; Contents; Acknowledgements; List of tables and illustrations; Preface; 1 Our place in space; 2 The changing sky; 3 Planets and orbits; 4 The Sun; 5 The Sun's domain; 6 Stars -- their properties and variety; 7 Interstellar clouds and the birth, life and death of stars; 8 Galaxies; 9 The evolving Universe; 10 Exoplanets and the conditions for life; 11 Tools of the trade; Glossary; Further reading.
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Iain Nicolson explores the origin of the Universe and explains the nature of stars, planets and galaxies, what makes them shine and how they are born, evolve and eventually die.
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Astronomy.
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Astronomy.
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SCIENCE-- Astronomy.
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520
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QB45.2
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