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Explorations: An Introduction to Astronomy 1996 Version
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Paperback
from William C Brown Pub (January 1, 1996)
9780815107170 | details & prices | 517 pages | 8.00 × 10.25 × 0.75 in. | 2.50 lbs | List price $78.10
About: A clearly written, basic introduction to astronomy for those not scientifically oriented, this book's terse coverage of pertinent information has been updated to include discoveries made in the past two years, such as the comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 impact on Jupiter, a more accurate determination of the Hubble constant, and changes in the Southern Hemisphere of Neptune.
About: A clearly written, basic introduction to astronomy for those not scientifically oriented, this book's terse coverage of pertinent information has been updated to include discoveries made in the past two years, such as the comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 impact on Jupiter, a more accurate determination of the Hubble constant, and changes in the Southern Hemisphere of Neptune.