Universe: The Definitive Visual Guide
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ISBN: 0756636701 / Publisher: DK, May 2008
Full-color photographs representing the latest captures from space telescopes and detailed digital artwork enhance a comprehensive study of the world of outer space, from Earth's closest neighbors in the solar system to the farthest galaxies.
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This colorfully-illustrated guide to the universe introduces the field of astronomy, tours space from the Sun to progressively further reaches, and presents an atlas of the constellations and a month-to-month guide to what may be viewed in the night sky at Northern latitudes. This paperback edition of the 2005 guide also includes a glossary. Per the Web, Rees is a British scientist and author of the apocalyptic The Final Hour (2003). Annotation ©2008 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
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