Description |
xi, 316 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 295-309) and index. |
Contents |
First impressions -- Historic perceptions -- Panchromatic vistas -- Neighbors of the Sun -- Beacons from afar -- Star birth -- Lives of the stars -- Stellar afterlives -- The galactic garden -- Monster in the core -- Tales of origin -- Life in the Milky Way. |
Subject |
Milky Way.
|
|
Galaxies.
|
ISBN |
9780691122243: $29.95 |
|
0691122245 |
|