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Author	: James Binney
Publisher	: Oxford University Press
Total Pages	: 177
Release	: 2016
ISBN-10	: 9780198752851
ISBN-13	: 0198752857
Rating	: 4/5 (51 Downloads)

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Book Synopsis Astrophysics by : James Binney

Book excerpt: Astrophysics is said to have been born when Isaac Newton saw an apple drop in his orchard and had the electrifying insight that the Moon falls just like that apple. James Binney shows how the application of physical laws derived on Earth allows us to understand objects that exist on the far side of the Universe.

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