文档介绍：RECENT ADVANCES
AND ISSUES IN
Astronomy
Christopher G. De Pree
Kevin Marvel
Alan Axelrod
GREENWOOD PRESS
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Christopher G. De Pree, Kevin Marvel,
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An Oryx Book
GREENWOOD PRESS
Westport, Connecticut • London
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
De Pree, Christopher Gordon.
Recent advances and issues in astronomy / Christopher G. De Pree, Kevin
Marvel, and Alan Axelrod.
p. cm.
“An Oryx Book”
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 1–57356–348–X (alk. paper)
1. Astronomy. I. Marvel, Kevin. II. Axelrod, Alan. III. Title.
2003
520—dc21 2002067831
British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data is available.
Copyright ᭧ 2003 by Christopher G. De Pree, Kevin Marvel, and Alan Axelrod
All rights reserved. No portion of this book may be
reproduced, by any process or technique, without the
express written consent of the publisher.
Library of Congress Catalog Card Number: 2002067831
ISBN: 1-57356-348-X
First published in 2003
Greenwood Press, 88 Post Road West, Westport, CT 06881
An imprint of Greenwood Publishing Group, Inc.
Printed in the United States of America
The paper used in this plies with the
Permanent Paper Standard issued by the National
Information anization (-1984).
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