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008 180511s2019 enk 001 0 eng
010 _a 2018022366
020 _a9781108431385 [paperback]
040 _aDLC
_cCollege Library
042 _apcc
082 0 0 _a520 P26 2019
100 1 _aPasachoff, Jay M.,
_eauthor.
245 1 4 _aThe cosmos :
_bastronomy in the new millennium /
_cJay M. Pasachoff (Williams College, Massachusetts), Alex Filippenko (University of California, Berkeley).
250 _aFifth edition.
264 1 _aCambridge :
_bCambridge University Press,
_cc2019
300 _axxiii, 707 pages :
_bcolor illustrations
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _aunmediated
_bn
_2rdamedia
338 _avolume
_bnc
_2rdacarrier
504 _aIncludes appendices, glossary and index
505 0 _aA grand tour of the heavens -- Light, matter, and energy : powering the universe -- Light and telescopes : extending our senses -- Observing the stars and planets : clockwork of the universe -- Gravitation and motion : the early history of astronomy -- The terrestrial planets : earth, moon, and their relatives -- The jovian planets : windswept giants -- Pluto, comets, and space debris -- Our solar system and others -- Our star : the sun -- Stars : distant suns -- How the stars shine : cosmic furnaces -- The death of stars : recycling -- Black holes : the end of space and time -- The milky way : our home in the universe -- A universe of galaxies -- Quasars and active galaxies -- Cosmology : the birth and life of the cosmos -- In the beginning -- Life in the universe.
546 _aEnglish
650 0 _aAstronomy.
700 1 _aFilippenko, Alexei V.,
_eauthor.
906 _a7
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_d02/02/2022