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by: Neil F. Comins, William J. Kaufmann
Amazon.com's Price: $100.57 Prices subject to change. Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours
Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 520
EAN: 9781429205191
ISBN: 1429205199
Label: W. H. Freeman
Manufacturer: W. H. Freeman
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 544
Publication Date: January 11, 2008
Publisher: W. H. Freeman
Sales Rank: 470074
Studio: W. H. Freeman
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Product Description:
Discovering the Universe is the bestselling brief text for descriptive one-term astronomy courses (especially those with no mathematics prerequisites). Carried along by the book's vibrant main theme, 'the process of scientific discovery,' the Eighth Edition furthers the book’s legacy for presenting concepts clearly and accurately while providing all the pedagogical tools to make the learning process memorable.
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating: - D Hearns
This book is a good source for astronomy information. However, like most textbooks, it's very pricey.
Rating:  - 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 ... Read More
Rating: - 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 ... Read More
Rating:  - 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.
Rating: - 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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