Planetary motions : a historical perspective /

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Author / Creator:Hetherington, Norriss S., 1942-
Imprint:Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, c2006.
Description:xvi, 224 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Language:English
Series:Greenwood guides to great ideas in science
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Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/6270892
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ISBN:031333241X (alk. paper)
Notes:Includes bibliographical references (p. [201]-213) and index.

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