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Genre/Form: | Popular works Ouvrages de vulgarisation Atlases |
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Material Type: | Atlas |
Document Type: | Book |
All Authors / Contributors: |
Patrick Moore; Bernard Lovell; Thomas O Paine |
OCLC Number: | 107610 |
Description: | 272 pages illustrations (some color), color charts, portraits 38 cm |
Responsibility: | Patrick Moore, foreword by Bernard Lovell. Epilogue by Thomas O. Paine. |
Abstract:
Maps, charts, photographs, and diagrams present a history and explanation of man's exploration and knowledge of space. Brief, popular-level articles on many topics within the five main sections: (1) Observation and exploration of space; (2) Atlas of the earth from space; (3) Atlas of the moon; (4) Atlas of the solar system; and (5) Atlas of the stars. Includes a catalog of stellar objects, a glossary of terms used in astronomy, and a "Beginner's guide to the heavens."
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