Book
The Complete Idiot's Guide to Astronomy / by Christopher De Pree and Alan Axelrod.
Record details
- ISBN: 1592572197
- Physical Description: xix, 385 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm.
- Edition: 3rd ed.
- Publisher: Indianapolis, IN : Alpha Books, [2004]
- Copyright: ©2004
Content descriptions
| General Note: | Includes index. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | Our place in space : Naked sky, naked eye: finding your way in the dark -- Ancient evenings: the first watchers -- Collecting light -- over the rainbow -- Seeing in the dark ; Worlds without end : The moon: our closest neighbor -- Solar system family snapshot -- So close and yet so far: the inner planets -- Great balls of gas! the outer planets -- The far end of the block -- Worlds near and far ; To the stars : Our star -- Of giants and dwarfs: stepping out into the stars -- Stellar careers -- Black holes: one-way tickets to eternity ; Way out of this world : The Milky Way: much more than a candy bar -- A galaxy of galaxies -- Moving out of town ; The big questions : Cosmology and cosmologies -- (How) will it all end? -- Big bang and beyond -- Where is everybody |
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| Subject: | Astronomy > Popular works. |
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- 1 of 1 copy available at Evergreen Indiana.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Garrett PL - Garrett | 520 DEP (Text) | 30010170632411 | Nonfiction | Available | - |
Electronic resources
- Related Resource: http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0720/2004101842-b.html
- Contributor biographical information
- Related Resource: http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0720/2004101842-d.html
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Christopher De Pree, Ph.D., is an assistant professor at Agnes Scott College where he teaches physics and astronomy. He is the Director of Bradley Observatory and author of numerous scientific articles on the topic of massive star formation.
Alan Axelrod, Ph.D., is the author of more than twenty books, including three Complete Idiot's Guides, Patton on Leadership: Strategic Lessons for Corporate Warfare, and Elizabeth I, CEO: Strategic Lessons from the Leader Who
