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| Material Type: | Juvenile audience, Internet resource |
|---|---|
| Document Type: | Book, Internet Resource |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Martin Rees |
| ISBN: | 0756613647 9780756613648 |
| OCLC Number: | 57750043 |
| Notes: | Includes index. |
| Description: | 512 p. : col. ill. ; 30 cm. |
| Contents: | Introduction -- What is the universe? -- Scale of the universe -- Objects in the universe -- Matter -- Radiation -- Gravity, motion and orbits -- Space and time -- Principles of equivalence -- Expanding universe -- Beginning and the end -- Big bang -- Out of darkness -- Life in the universe -- Fate of the universe -- View from Earth -- Celestial sphere -- Celestial cycles -- Names and patterns -- Planetary motion -- Lights in the sky -- Observing with the naked eye -- Observing with binoculars -- Observing with telescopes -- Exploring space -- Astronomy in early civilizations -- Early scientific astronomy -- Copernican Revolution -- Infinite universe -- Shaping space -- Late 20th century astronomy -- Early space craft -- Journeys to the moon -- In the Earth's orbit -- Beyond Earth -- Guide to the universe -- History of the solar system -- Family of the sun -- The sun -- Mercury -- Mercury catalogue -- Venus -- Catalogue of volcanoes -- Catalogue of craters -- Catalogue of other features -- Earth -- Catalogue of tectonic features -- Catalogues of features formed by water and ice -- Catalogue of kingdoms of living things -- The moon -- Catalogue of Maria -- Catalogue of highlands -- Mars intro 1 -- Mars intro 2 -- Catalogue of tectonic features -- Dry rivers and valleys -- Catalogue features formed by water and ice -- Catalogue of lowland plains -- Catalogue of highlands and craters -- Jupiter intro 1 -- Jupiter intro 2 -- Jupiter's moons -- Catalogue of moons: IO -- Catalogue of moons: Ganymede and Callisto -- Saturn intro -- Saturn's moons -- Catalogue of moons: Titan -- Uranus -- Catalogue of moons -- Neptune -- Catalogue of moons -- Pluto -- Kuiper belt and oort cloud -- Asteroids -- Eros -- Comets -- Catalogue of comets -- Meteors -- Catalogue of meteorites -- Milky Way -- Milky Way Galaxy -- Stars -- Life-cycles of stars -- Star formation -- Catalogue of star-forming nebulae -- Main sequence stars -- Old stars -- Stellar remnants -- Stellar endpoints -- Multiple stars -- Variable stars -- Star clusters -- Planets in the Milky Way -- Catalogue of planets -- Beyond our galaxy -- Galaxy formation and evolution -- Types of galaxies -- Galaxy profiles -- Active galaxies -- Galaxy clusters -- Galaxy superclusters -- Night sky -- The constellations -- Patterns in the sky -- Northern Hemisphere -- Southern Hemisphere -- Guide to constellations -- Monthly sky guide -- Using star charts -- Glossary -- Index -- Acknowledgements. |
| Responsibility: | general editor Martin Rees. |
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Abstract:
Pictorial guide to the majesty and beauty of the universe.
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