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CliffsQuickReview Astronomy

CliffsQuickReview Astronomy


By Charles J. Peterson

ISBN: 978-0-7645-8564-7
Format: Paper
Pages: 278 Pages
Pub. Date: September 2000

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Price: $9.99
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Table of Contents
Chapter 1: A Brief History of Astronomy.

Chapter 2: The Science of Astronomy.

Chapter 3: Observing the Sky.

Chapter 4: The Solar System.

Chapter 5: Earth and Its Moon.

Chapter 6: Other Planets of the Solar System.

Chapter 7: The Sun, a Representative Star.

Chapter 8: Observational Properties of Stars.

Chapter 9: The Hertzsprung-Russell Diagram.

Chapter 10: The Structure of Stars.

Chapter 11: Formation and Evolution of Stars.

Chapter 12: Final End States of Stars.

Chapter 13: The Milky Way Galaxy.

Chapter 14: Galaxies.

Chapter 15: The Universe.

Chapter 16: Life in the Universe.
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