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Local Group as an Astrophysical Laboratory

by Mario Livio (Editor), Thomas M. Brown
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Synopsis

A collection of review papers on important aspects of Local Group Astrophysics.

About the Author, Mario Livio

Mario Livio is a senior astrophysicist and the Head of the Office of Public Outreach at the Space Telescope Science Institute (STScI) in Baltimore, Maryland. He is the author of The Golden Ratio, a highly acclaimed book about mathematics and art for which he received the International Pythagoras Prize and the Peano Prize, The Equation That Couldn't Be Solved, and The Accelerating Universe.  He lives in Baltimore, Maryland.

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Book Details

Published
April 1, 2006
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Format
Hardcover
ISBN
9780521847599

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Decade of Extrasolar Planets around Normal Stars
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