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200 10$aOur place in the universe$b[electronic resource] /$fNorman K. Glendenning
210   $aLondon $cImperial College Press ;$aSingapore ;$aHackensack, NJ $cWorld Scientific$dc2007
215   $a1 online resource (240 p.)
300   $aDescription based upon print version of record.
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320   $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 215) and index.
327   $aPreface; Acknowledgments; Contents; List of Figures; Chapter 1. A Day without Yesterday; Chapter 2. Formation of Galaxies; Chapter 3. Birth and Life of Stars; Chapter 4. Supernovae: Death and Trans guration of Stars; Chapter 5. Nebulae; Chapter 6. Spacetime, Relativity, and Superdense Matter; Chapter 7. Origins; Chapter 8. First Modern Astronomer; Chapter 9. Life on Earth; Chapter 10. Other Planets and Their Moons; Chapter 11. New Worlds; Bibliography; Index
330   $aOur 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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