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Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 December 2015

David J. Eicher
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Alex Filippenko
David J. Eicher
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Alex Filippenko
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The New Cosmos
Answering Astronomy's Big Questions
 , pp. 259 - 263
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2015

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  • Foreword by Alex Filippenko, University of California, Berkeley
  • Book: The New Cosmos
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