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Table of Contents: “... -- Is the Universe Finite? -- Early History of the Earth -- Common Ancestors -- Origin of Life -- Complexity in the Universe -- Evolution of the Earth through the Ages -- Earth as an Integrated System -- Life Cycles of Stars -- Life in other Worlds -- Our Place...”

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Table of Contents: “...Chapter 1 - The sky as a cultural heritage -- Chapter 2 - The fascination of light - And that of darkness -- Chapter 3 - Earth at Night -- Chapter 4 - Artificial lights as a health hazard -- Chapter 5 - Artificial lights' impact on flora and fauna...”

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Table of Contents: “...Chapter 1: Introduction -- Chapter 2. From Eve to Newton: Doubtful Legends about Knowledge from an Apple -- Chapter 3: Weighing the earth with a pendulum -- Chapter 4: Solving an Equation without Moving your Ellipse -- Chapter 5: Where'd the Earth Go...”

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Table of Contents: “...From the Contents: The Moon in Man's History and Lore -- The Earth-Moon System -- General Selenographic Information -- Lunar Observing Equipment -- Photographing the Moon -- General Observing Tips, Observing the Moon with the Naked Eye, and Through...”

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Table of Contents: “... Radiation, Thermal Bremsstrahlung and Molecular Transitions -- Chapter4. Radio Observations: An Introduction to Fourier Transforms, Observing Through Earth's Atmosphere, Single Dish Telescopes and Interferometers -- Chapter5. Solar System Radio Astronomy: The Sun...”

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Table of Contents: “... Oscillation and Waves -- Filaments and Prominences -- Flares: Nonthermal Particles -- Flares: Thermal Emission -- CME Initiation -- CME Propagation -- Sun-Earth Connections....”

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Table of Contents: “...1 The cosmos -- 2 Life on Earth -- 3 The evolution and origin of life on Earth -- 4 Where to look for life elsewhere in the Solar System -- 5 Life on Mars? -- 6 Life on Europa? -- 7 The fate of life in the Solar System -- 8 Potential habitats beyond...”

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Table of Contents: “... a Historic Perspective -- • Astronomy in Ireland -- • Switzerland towards ESA and ESO: Diversity, Perseverance, and Diplomacy -- • Observing in Service Mode: The Experience at the European Southern Observatory -- • The International Earth Rotation...”

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Table of Contents: “... by the Catalogue -- In the course of fulfilling its promise to the Carnegie Institution to provide a General Catalogue of the positions and motions of all the stars easily visible from earth, the Dudley Observatory falls asleep as a research institution -- Dust...”

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Table of Contents: “... Image-Processing Software -- II — The People -- 8 CCD Planetary Imagers -- 9 Supernova Discoverers -- 10 Deep-Sky Perfectionists -- 11 Cataclysmic-Variable Observers and Gamma Ray Burster Hunters -- 12 Saving the World: Near-Earth Object Chasers -- 13...”

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