01628cam a2200337 a 4500 15811049 BD-DhUL 20140911105723.0 co |g||||||||| 090710s2011 maua j b 001 0 eng 2009027215 9780763766306 (alk. paper) 0763766305 (alk. paper) (OCoLC)ocn424454831 DLC DLC YDX DLC BD-DhUL QB801.7 .K68 2011 523.8 22 KOI Koupelis, Theo. In quest of the stars and galaxies / Theo Koupelis. Stars and galaxies Sudbury, Mass. : Jones and Bartlett Publishers, c2011. xx, 613 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 28 cm. + 1 DVD-ROM (4 3/4 in.) US$ 78.26 Includes bibliographical references and index. The quest ahead -- From an Earth-centered to a sun-centered system -- Gravity and the rise of modern astronomy -- Light and the electromagnetic spectrum -- Telescopes : windows to the universe -- The sun -- Measuring the properties of stars -- Interstellar matter and star formation -- The lives and deaths of low-mass stars -- The deaths of massive stars -- The Milky Way galaxy -- A diversity of galaxies -- Cosmology: the nature of the universe -- The quest for extraterrestrial intelligence. Stars Juvenile literature. Galaxies Juvenile literature. 7 cbc orignew 1 ecip 20 y-gencatlg ddc BK xh00 2009-07-10 xh07 2009-07-10 to Dewey xe04 2010-07-13 1 copy rec'd., to CIP ver. 9742 9742 0 0 ddc 0 523_800000000000000_KOI 0 NFIC 17243 DUSL DUSL GEN 2012-11-17 Purchased 523.8 KOI 476249 2014-09-11 2014-09-11 BK