TY  - BOOK
AU  - Comins,  Neil F.
AU  - Kaufmann,  William J. III
TI  - Discovering the universe
SN  - 0716796732
U1  - 520 22
PY  - 1987///
CY  - New York
PB  - W.H Freeman and company, 
KW  - Earth science
N1  - CONTENT

I. BUILD YOUR FOUNDATION I. Discovering astronomy AN astronomer's almanac
1. Discovering the night sky

2. Gravitation and the waltz of the planners

3. Light and telescopes

4. The origin and nature of light

II.  BUILD YOUR FOUNDATION II.THE SOLAR SYSTEM
An astronomer's almanac
5. Earth and mon 

6. The other terrestrial planets

7. The outer planets

8. Vagabonds of the solar system 

9. The sun

III.  BUILD YOUR FOUNDATION III THE STARS
An astronomer's almanac
10. The nature of stars

11. The lives of stars from birth through middle age

12. The death of stars

13. Black holes

IV.  BUILD YOUR FOUNDATION IV. THE UNIVERSE
An astronomer's almanac
14. The milky way galaxy

15. Galaxies

16. Quasars, active galaxies and gamma-ray busters

17. Cosmology

18. The search for extraterrestrial life 

Glossary
; Includes index
ER  -