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72 pp.
| Boyds |
September, 2009 |
TradeISBN 978-1-59078-582-9$19.95
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4-6
In textbooklike prose, Croswell provides detailed information about stars, including explanations of their formation, standards for classification, discussion of the major types with examples, and consideration of planets and life outside the solar system. Crisp, colorful images of stars and nebulae, carefully labeled when false-color views or artistic renditions are used, are visually engaging. Glos., ind.