1001 Things Everyone Should Know About the Universe
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Books › Science › Space Science › Astronomy
ISBN: 038548223X / Publisher: Doubleday, December 1997
Offers answers to common questions about the universe, covering black holes, extra-terrestrial intelligence, asteroids, and the ultimate fate of the universe
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Explains basic and advanced facts about the universe, beginning with tools of astronomy, our moon and sun, and our solar system, and expanding outward to stars, black holes, galaxies, cosmology, and the search for extraterrestrial life. While layout is basic and visuals are unspectacular (b&w photos and illustrations), material is detailed, accessible, and delivered in bite-sized chunks, incorporating the history of astronomy and the ways in which astronomers come up with amazing facts about the universe. For general readers high school level and up. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.
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