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Title: Discovering the Universe
ISBN: 1429205199
Author:
Neil F. Comins
William J. Kaufmann
Publicate Date: 2008-01-11
Publish: 2008-01-11
List Price: $68.99
Average Customer Rating: 4.0
Format: Paperback
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Amazon Lowest New Price: $68.99
Amazon Lowest Used Price: $63.72
Amazon Merchant Price: $100.57
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1: D Hearns
This book is a good source for astronomy information. However, like most textbooks, it's very pricey.
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2: Awesome
I had to buy this book for my astronomy class this summer and my student bookstore was selling it for a MERE $80. Please stand by while I weep tears of BLOOD because I'm poor.
My boyfriend suggested checking the internet and it was Amazon to the rescue. I was able to get it for super cheap and above that, it's really an excellent book. It's colorful, INFORMATIVE!!, and kept me interested.
I'd really suggest this to anyone either taking an astronomy class or someone who's just interested in space in general. This is an excellent resource: it has lists of dates for upcoming meteor showers (for years to come), explanations for everything you could ever dream of or ask (including time travel and possibilities therein), and glossy, beautiful pictures and diagrams (easy to follow and understand)
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3: Rate the book itself not the particular condition of the one you recieved!
This is an excellent textbook! I bought this book for an intro astronomy class and loved it.. In fact I reread the textbook more indepthly after the course and have recommended this book to others.. these ratings are for the quality of the material not the condition of the particular book that the buyer purchased.. that will be conditional and ever changing... and thusly irrelevant..
Anyhow... terrific book, especially as an overview for an individual new to astronomy... Many topics are covered in a not too technical manner... Good addition to the library...
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4: bad book
the book i order was suppose to be new and hardcover thats why i wanted to buy it, but when it comes home it was really old, and it has writings on it,some parts were ripped and it was missing a cd. I will never order books from here again.
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5: Cheap!
Bought this for 4 bucks, because it was an older edition. Found out it has the same information as the newer edition. The lesson of this story is... Don't buy new editions!
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