The Milky Way: an insider's guide
by Waller, William H., (William Howard)
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Presents a grand tour of our home Galaxy's structure, genesis, and evolution, based on the latest astronomical findings.
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- Full title :The Milky Way : an insider's guide / William H. Waller.
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Presents a grand tour of our home Galaxy's structure, genesis, and evolution, based on the latest astronomical findings.
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- Publication Date:©2013
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):Princeton University Press
- Place of Publication:Princeton
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:©2013
The Physical Object
- Description:xi, 316 pages, 16 pages of plates : : illustrations (some color) ; : 25 cm
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:9780691122243, 0691122245, 9780691178356 (paperback), 0691178356 (paperback), 1400847370, 9781400847372
- oclc:ocn820118760
- LC Classification:QB857.7
- Dewey Decimal:523.113
Table of Contents
First impressions -- Historic perceptions -- Panchromatic vistas -- Neighbors of the sun -- Beacons from afar -- Star birth -- Lives of the stars -- Stellar afterlives -- The galactic garden -- Monster in the core -- Tales of origin -- Life in the Milky Way.
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