Galaxies: Inside the Universe's Star Cities
- ISBN-10
- 052557431X
- ISBN-13
- 9780525574316
- Series
- Galaxies
- Category
- Science
- Pages
- 256
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2020
- Publisher
- Clarkson Potter
- Author
- David J. Eicher
Description
"Tour the most dazzling, fascinating, and unusual galaxies in the universe with the Editor-in-Chief of Astronomy as your personal guide, featuring jaw-dropping illustrations and full-color photography from the magazine's archives, much of it never before published"--
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