Books a la Carte for the Cosmic Perspective Media Update
- ISBN-10
- 0321667972
- ISBN-13
- 9780321667977
- Category
- Science
- Pages
- 864
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2009-07-01
- Publisher
- Benjamin-Cummings Publishing Company
- Authors
- Jeffrey Bennett, Megan Donahue, Mark Voit
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