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1. TheCopernicanRevolution:The BirthofModernScience
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2. Light andMatter:TheInnerWorkings ofthe Cosmos
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4. TheSolar System:InterplanetaryMatter and the Birth ofthe Planets
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5. Earthand ItsMoon:Our CosmicBackyard
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6. TheTerrestrial Planets:AStudyin Contrasts
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7. TheJovian Planets:Giants of theSolar System
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8. Moons,Rings,andPlutoids:Small Worlds AmongGiants
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11. TheInterstellar Medium:Star Formationin theMilkyWay
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18. Lifein the Universe:Are We Alone?
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0. ChartingtheHeavens:The Foundations ofAstronomy
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1. TheCopernicanRevolution:The BirthofModernScience
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2. Light andMatter:TheInnerWorkings ofthe Cosmos
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4. TheSolar System:InterplanetaryMatter and the Birth ofthe Planets
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9. The Sun:Our Parent Star
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18. Lifein the Universe:Are We Alone?
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