The Milky Way : an insider's guide / William H. Waller.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Princeton : Princeton University Press, [2013]Copyright date: Description: xi, 316 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780691122243 :
  • 0691122245
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 523.113 23
LOC classification:
  • QB857.7 .W34 2013
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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.
Summary: Presents a grand tour of our home Galaxy's structure, genesis, and evolution, based on the latest astronomical findings.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 295-309) and index.

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.

Presents a grand tour of our home Galaxy's structure, genesis, and evolution, based on the latest astronomical findings.

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