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Wills, Susan , Wills, Steven

Astronomy: Looking at the Stars

(3) 4-6 Innovators series. In clear, readable prose, the books in this series center their surveys on seven or eight pioneers in their fields, including Tycho Brahe (observational astronomy), William Herschel (deep space), James Marsh (toxicology), and Alec Jeffreys (DNA fingerprints). Varied black-and-white illustrations, photos, and other marginalia extend the text. Bib., glos., ind. [Review covers these titles: Astronomy and Forensics.]

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