The Planets. Professor Cox Brian

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      TO ANNA – AMONGST THE VASTNESS OF THIS STORY HOW LUCKY AM I TO HAVE FOUND YOU.

      ANDREW COHEN

      CONTENTS

       COVER

       TITLE PAGE

      COPYRIGHT

       DEDICATION

       SOLAR SYSTEM

       AN INTRODUCTION

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       MERCURY + VENUS

       A MOMENT IN THE SUN

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       EARTH + MARS

       THE TWO SISTERS

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       JUPITER

       THE GODFATHER

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       SATURN

       THE CELESTIAL JEWEL

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       URANUS NEPTUNE PLUTO

       INTO THE DARKNESS

      INDEX

      ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

      ABOUT THE AUTHOR

       ABOUT THE BOOK

       ABOUT THE PUBLISHER

      AN INTRODUCTION

      SOLAR SYSTEM

      PROFESSOR BRIAN COX

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      WANDERING LIGHTS

      In the daytime, our universe stretches only as far as the horizon. The Sun hides in plain sight because it is too bright for us to see it directly. Only rarely do we glimpse a watercolour moon. Unless we СКАЧАТЬ