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The Milky Way : an insider's guide
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- Summary
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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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- Creator
- William H. Waller
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
- Publication
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- Princeton : Princeton University Press, [2013]
- ©2013
- Physical Details
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- xi, 316 pages, 16 pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm
- ISBNs
- 1400847370, 9781400847372, 9780691178356, 1400899044, 0691122245, 1299319157, 9781400899043, 9780691122243, 0691178356, 9781299319158
- OCLC
- on1054881214, ocn820118760, ocn824118002
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- 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