| Description |
xiv, 343 pages, 22 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm |
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text txt rdacontent |
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unmediated n rdamedia |
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volume nc rdacarrier |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 331-332) and index. |
| Contents |
On structures and forces -- Galaxies and the expanding universe -- Models of the universe -- The fireball stage and the beginning of time -- The nature of the stars -- Birth, evolution, and death of stars -- The origin of the solar system -- How the earth was born -- The structure of atoms and molecules -- The origin and nature of life -- The end of the world -- The end of the universe and the end of time. |
| Subject |
Cosmology.
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Cosmology. (OCoLC)fst00880600
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| ISBN |
0684142392 |
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9780684142395 |
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