Status
Available
Call number
Publication
Visible Ink Pr (1998), 576 pages
Description
Focusing on space and related topics, this text examines hundreds of technical concepts - quasars, black holes, NASA missions and probes, planets and the possibility of alien life - in everyday language. it addresses such questions as; is there life on Mars? what is a dwarf galaxy? and did an asteroid cause the extinction of dinosaurs?
Subjects
Language
Original language
English
Physical description
576 p.; 9.75 inches
ISBN
1578590175 / 9781578590179
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