Introduction to Astronomy
8.282J · Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences, Physics · Undergraduate · Spring 2006
Prof. Saul Rappaport
Introduction to Astronomy provides a quantitative introduction to the physics of the solar system, stars, the interstellar medium, the galaxy, and the universe, as determined from a variety of astronomical observations and models.
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