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An engaging, popular account of the solar system from the first stirrings of astronomy through Voyager II, by the distinguished scientist and science writer Kippenhahn, director of the Max Planck Institute for Astrophysics in Munich. Translated from the German and accompanied by numerous illustrations, including an eight-page color insert. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.
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An engaging, popular account of the solar system from the first stirrings of astronomy through Voyager II, by the distinguished scientist and science writer Kippenhahn, director of the Max Planck Institute for Astrophysics in Munich. Translated from the German and accompanied by numerous illustrations, including an eight-page color insert. Annotati
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- PublisherW.H.Freeman & Co Ltd
- Publication date1990
- ISBN 10 0716721244
- ISBN 13 9780716721246
- BindingHardcover
- Edition number1
- Number of pages282
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