Minding the heavens : the story of our discovery of the Milky Way / Leila Belkora.
Minding the heavens : the story of our discovery of the Milky Way / Leila Belkora.
Minding the heavens : the story of our discovery of the Milky Way / Leila Belkora.
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Author / Creator
Publisher
Boca Raton : CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group, 2021.
Call Numbers
G 2021/1508
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Language
English
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Physical Description
Physical content
x, 263 pages : illustrations (some color), maps ; 26 cm
Content type
text
Media type
unmediated
Carrier type
volume
Publication information
Publisher
Boca Raton : CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group, 2021.
Edition
Second edition.
Place of Publication
Florida
Date Published
2021.
Subjects
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Scope and Contents
Summary
"Today, we recognize that we live on a planet circling the sun, that our sun is just one of billions of stars in the galaxy we call the Milky Way, and that our galaxy is but one of billions born out of the Big Bang. Yet as recently as the early twentieth century, the general public and even astronomers had vague and confused notions about what lay...
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Minding the heavens : the story of our discovery of the Milky Way / Leila Belkora.
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Notes
General note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 243-254) and index.
Issued As
ebook version : 9781000383942
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Date Copyright
©2021
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Call Numbers
G 2021/1508
Record Identifier
74VKaa6ro0KZ
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKaa6ro0KZ
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ISBN
0367415666
9780367415662
DDC
520.9
MMS ID
991024419672702626
