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Book Condition: Near Fine
x. 228 pgs. Near Fine condition green cloth hardcover, clean and unmarked, binding tight, very slight wear to cloth at edges and corners. Illustrated plates. Author was former Regius professor of Astronomy at the University of Glasgow and Fison Memorial lecturer. Contents: Preface, The Earth or Sun as Center of the Universe?, The Rule of Law, Towards the Nebulae, Sounding the Depths of Space, Stellar Motions, The Secrets of Light, How Does the Sun Keep on Shining, The Galaxy, The Expanding Universe, Past, Present and Future, Index. #2479.
Title: The Riddle of the Universe
Categories: COMPLETE CATALOG, Non-Fiction, Text and Reference Books, Science and Medicine, Flash Sale Booth,
Edition: Later Printing
Publisher: New York, John Wiley & Sons: 1970
Binding: Hard Cover
Book Condition: Near Fine
Jacket Condition: No Jacket
Size: 8vo, 8.5 x 5.25 Inches
Seller ID: 2479
Keywords: W.M. Smart, The Riddle of the Universe, Astronomy, University of Glasgow, Universe, Astrophysics, Space, Science, Nebulae, Stellar Motions, Light, Sun, Solar, Galaxy, Expanding Universe, Cosmology, Stars, Wright, Kant, Galileo, History of Science, Spectra, Radio Astronomy, Herschel, Transverse and Radial Velocities, Planets, Newton's Principia, Hertzsprung-Russell, Rutherford, Kelvin, Einstein, Red Stars, White Dwarfs, Measuring Distance, Planetary Systems, Creation of Matter, Steady-State Theory, Fison Memorial Lecture, Extragalactic Nebulae,