Berman, Louis.

Exploring the cosmos / Louis Berman, J.C. Evans. - 2nd ed. - Boston : Little, Brown, c1986. - xi, 579 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. (some col.) ; 26 cm.

Introduction to the Cosmos (Page-1), Early Descriptions of the Cosmos (Page-13), Widening Cosmos logical Horizons (Page-29), Celestial Radiation and the Atom (Page-41), Telescopes and Their Accessories (Page-65), Our Blue White Planet Earth (Page-87), The Moon A Marred World (Page-109), The Solar Systems (Page-131), Planets Satellites and Minor Bodies (Page-147), The Sun Our Bridge to the Stars (Page-187), The Galaxy Studding its Stars (Page-211), The Galaxy and Gas (Page-237), Life Cycles of the Stars (Page-259), Galaxies (Page-287), Cosmic Violence (Page-309), Introduction to Relativity (Page-329), Cosmology (Page-345), Astronomy in Space (Page-361), Exobiology Life on Other Worlds (Page-375), Interstellar Flight and Communication (Page-389), Epilogue (Page-399).

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