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Product Description: This comprehensive Encyclopedia covers the full history of astronomy from its ancient origins in Africa, South America, the Middle East and China to the latest developments in astrophysics and space-based research. The initial articles, which are largely organised chronologically, are followed by numerous thematic historical articles on the constituents of the solar system, types of stars, stellar evolution, active galaxies, cosmology and much more...read more
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9780521899949 | Cambridge Univ Pr, May 20, 2013, cover price $84.99 | About this edition: This comprehensive Encyclopedia covers the full history of astronomy from its ancient origins in Africa, South America, the Middle East and China to the latest developments in astrophysics and space-based research.
Product Description: Babylon to Voyager and Beyond describes the fascinating story of planetary research from the time of the Babylonians and Ancient Greeks to the modern age of space exploration. In it, David Leverington outlines the key astronomical discoveries in their historical context, covering not only the successes but also the main failures...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)
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9780521004619 | Cambridge Univ Pr, June 1, 2003, cover price $105.00 | About this edition: Babylon to Voyager and Beyond describes the fascinating story of planetary research from the time of the Babylonians and Ancient Greeks to the modern age of space exploration.
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9780521808408 | Cambridge Univ Pr, June 23, 2003, cover price $215.00
Product Description: New Cosmic Horizons tells the extraordinary story of space-based astronomy since the Second World War. Starting with the launch of the V2 rocket in 1946, this book explores the triumphs of space experiments and spacecraft designs and the amazing astronomical results that they have produced...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)
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9780521651370 | Cambridge Univ Pr, August 1, 2001, cover price $220.00 | About this edition: New Cosmic Horizons tells the extraordinary story of space-based astronomy since the Second World War.
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9780521658331 | Cambridge Univ Pr, June 1, 2001, cover price $105.00
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9783540199151 | Copernicus Books, August 1, 1996, cover price $99.00
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