| 010 ## - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CONTROL NUMBER |
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| LC control number |
2023936827 |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER |
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| International Standard Book Number |
9781394163076 |
| Qualifying information |
pbk. |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER |
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| International Standard Book Number |
139416307X |
| Qualifying information |
pbk. |
| 035 ## - SYSTEM CONTROL NUMBER |
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| System control number |
(OCoLC)1388210986 |
| 049 ## - LOCAL HOLDINGS (OCLC) |
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| Holding library |
AJMA |
| 050 14 - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CALL NUMBER |
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| Classification number |
QB63 |
| Item number |
.M38 2023 |
| 082 04 - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER |
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| Classification number |
520 Mar |
| Item number |
11 |
| 090 ## - LOCALLY ASSIGNED LC-TYPE CALL NUMBER (OCLC); LOCAL CALL NUMBER (OCLC) |
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| Classification number (OCLC) (R) ; Classification number, CALL (RLIN) (NR) |
520 Mar |
| 092 ## - LOCALLY ASSIGNED DEWEY CALL NUMBER (OCLC) |
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| Classification number |
520 Mar |
| 100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
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| Personal name |
Maran, Stephen P. |
| 245 10 - TITLE STATEMENT |
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| Title |
Astronomy for Dummies |
| Statement of responsibility, etc |
by Stephen P. Maran, PhD, and Richard Tresch Fienberg, PhD |
| 246 3# - VARYING FORM OF TITLE |
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| Title proper/short title |
Astronomy |
| 250 ## - EDITION STATEMENT |
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| Edition statement |
5th edition |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) |
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| Place of publication, distribution, etc |
Hoboken, New Jersey |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc |
John Wiley & Sons, Inc. |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc |
2023 |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION |
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| Extent |
x, 386 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates |
| Other physical details |
illustrations (some color) |
| Dimensions |
24 cm |
| 440 ## - SERIES STATEMENT/ADDED ENTRY--TITLE |
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| Title |
For dummies |
| 500 ## - GENERAL NOTE |
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| General note |
Includes index. |
| 505 0# - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE |
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| Formatted contents note |
Part 1. Getting started with astronomy : Seeing the light: the art and science of astronomy ; Join the crowd: skywatching activities and resources ; Terrific tools for observing the skies ; Just passing through: meteors, comets, and artificial satellites -- Part 2. Going once around the solar system : A matched pair: Earth and its moon ; Earth's near neighbors: Mercury, Venus, and Mars ; Rock on: the asteroid belt and near-Earth objects ; Great balls of gas: Jupiter and Saturn ; Far out! Uranus, Neptune, Pluto, and beyond -- Part 3. Starting with Old Sol: meeting stars and galaxies : The Sun: star of Earth ; Taking a trip to the stars ; Galaxies: the Milky Way and beyond ; Falling for black holes and quasars -- Part 4. Pondering the remarkable universe : Planets of other suns: is anybody out there? ; Delving into dark matter and antimatter ; The Big Bang and the evolution of the universe -- Part 5. The part of tens : Ten strange facts about astronomy and space ; Ten common errors about astronomy and space -- Part 6. Appendixes : Appendix A: Star maps ; Appendix B: Glossary. |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. |
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| Summary, etc |
A beginner's guide to astronomy features information about the solar system as well as star maps and a monthly guide to locating the planets in the sky. |
| 590 ## - LOCAL NOTE (RLIN) |
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| Local note |
113232 |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
Astronomy |
| Form subdivision |
Amateurs' manuals |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
Astronomy |
| Form subdivision |
Observers' manuals |
| 700 1# - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
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| Personal name |
Fienberg, Richard |
| 942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA) |
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| Source of classification or shelving scheme |
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| Koha item type |
500 - 599 |