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Astronomy by Andrew Fraknoi, David Morrison, Sidney C. Wolff

Small book cover: Astronomy

Astronomy
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Publisher: Unglue.it
Number of pages: 1200

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Astronomy is designed to meet the scope and sequence requirements of one- or two-semester introductory astronomy courses. The book begins with relevant scientific fundamentals and progresses through an exploration of the solar system, stars, galaxies and cosmology.

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