Hidden Bibliographic Details
ISBN: | 9789812708304 9812708308 9789812700681 9812700684 9789812700698 9812700692
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Digital file characteristics: | data file
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Notes: | Includes bibliographical references (page 215) and index. Print version record.
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Summary: | Our Place in the Universe tells the story of our world, formation of the first galaxies and stars formed from great clouds containing the primordial elements made in the first few minutes; birth of stars, their lives and deaths in fiery supernova explosions; formation of the solar system, its planets and many moons; life on Earth, its needs and vicissitudes on land and in the seas; finally exoplanets, planets that surround distant stars. Interspersed in the text are short pieces on some of those who revealed these wonders to us. It is written in a very authoritative and readable form and conta.
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Other form: | Print version: Glendenning, Norman K. Our place in the universe. London : Imperial College Press ; Singapore ; Hackensack, NJ : World Scientific, ©2007 9789812700681 9812700684
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