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A Concise dictionary of astronomy / Jacqueline Mitton.
LIBRA QB14 .M57 1991b
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Mitton, Jacqueline.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Astronomy--Dictionaries.
- Astronomy.
- Genre:
- Dictionaries.
- Physical Description:
- vii, 423 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1991.
- Summary:
- Containing over 2,400 entries, this wide-ranging dictionary encompasses all aspects of classical and modern astronomy and gives the names of constellations, stars, galaxies, asteroids, comets, nebulae, and observatories. Entries on telescopes and space missions show how astronomers have opened new windows on the universe, while exact definitions of terms used in modern astrophysics and cosmology allow access to the most-up-to-date research.
- ISBN:
- 0198539673 :
- OCLC:
- 26396149
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