The pillars of creation : giant molecular clouds, star formation, and cosmic recycling / Martin Beec...
The pillars of creation : giant molecular clouds, star formation, and cosmic recycling / Martin Beec...
The pillars of creation : giant molecular clouds, star formation, and cosmic recycling / Martin Beech.
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Cham, Switzerland : Springer International Publishing AG ; Chichester, UK : Praxis Publishing, [2017]
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G 2017/1940
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English
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xii, 269 pages : chiefly color illustrations ; 24 cm.
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text
still image
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unmediated
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volume
Contents
Preface; References; Contents; 1: Reading the Sky; Invoking Buridan's Donkey; Halley's Lucid Spots; Wright's Via Lactea; The Star-Gauging Siblings; It All Begins with M1; The Columns Arrayed Before Us; An Evening with Norton; Further Revelations from Norton; The Gathering of Stars; The Spectra of Wi...
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Publisher
Cham, Switzerland : Springer International Publishing AG ; Chichester, UK : Praxis Publishing, [2017]
Date Published
[2017]
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The pillars of creation : giant molecular clouds, star formation, and cosmic recycling / Martin Beech.
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Springer-Praxis books in space exploration
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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G 2017/1940
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74VKVaqmK5JX
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKVaqmK5JX
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3319487744 (paperback)
9783319487748 (paperback)
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523.1125
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991024100007402626
