Screen LibraryAn intimate look at the night sky
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| Main Authors: | |
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| Published: |
Walker,
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| Publisher Address: | New York |
| Publication Dates: | 2001. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Carrier Form: | xii, 242 p.: ill. ; 19 cm. |
| ISBN: |
0802713696 9780802713698 |
| Index Number: | P15 |
| CLC: | P15 |
| Call Number: | P15/R267 |
| Contents: |
Includes bibliographical references (p. [227]-228) and index. Winter: Alpha: in the beginning -- Dark: why the night is dark -- Far: the distances to the stars -- Spring: Fusion: how stars burn -- Spin: the planets -- Swoosh: comets and meteors -- Summer: Shadow: the moon and eclipses -- Death: how stars die -- Vortex: the Milky Way galaxy -- Autumn: Myriad: the universe of galaxies -- Spirit: life in the universe -- Omega: how the universe will end -- Appendices: Planets -- Meteor showers -- Star maps: Orion, Canis Major, Canis Minor -- Taurus, the Pleiades, Auriga -- Gemini, Cancer -- Leo, Virgo -- Ursa Major, Ursa Minor -- Boötes, Corona Borealis, |