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Sirius : Brightest Diamond in the Night Sky

Publication year: 2007

ISBN: 978-0-387-48942-1

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Sirius - A Diamond in the Night will tell two stories. The first and most obvious is why the star known as Sirius has been regarded as an important fixture of the night sky by many civilizations and cultures since the beginnings of history. A second, but related, narrative is the prominent part that Sirius has played in how we came to achieve our current scientific understanding of the nature and fate of the stars.


Subject: Humanities, Social Science and Law, Mond, Planet, astrophysics, star, stars, stellar