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The history of astronomy

Couper, Heather

Publication Date

2007

Format:

Books

Call Number

520.9 COU

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SD_ILS:154990

The History and Achievements of the Islamic Golden Age. Episode 12, Astronomy in the Islamic Golden Age [digital video].

Gearon, Eamonn, actor.

Publication Date

2017

Format:

Digital

Access immediately on Kanopy

Call Number

GM I0N A

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SD_ILS:582990

The Oxford guide to the history of physics and astronomy

Heilbron, J. L.

Publication Date

2005

Format:

Books

Call Number

530.03 OXF

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SD_ILS:78591

The dance of time : the origins of the calendar : a miscellany of history and myth, religion and astronomy, festivals and feast days

Judge, Michael

Publication Date

2004

Format:

Books

Call Number

529.3 JUD

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SD_ILS:50665

The cold light of dawn : a history of Canadian astronomy

Jarrell, Richard A., 1946-.

Publication Date

1988

Format:

Books

Call Number

520.971 JAR

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SD_ILS:30941

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Mesoamerican Astronomy: The History of Celestial Observations Made by the Maya, Aztec, and Inca : The History of Celestial Observations Made by the Maya, Aztec, and Inca [hoopla audiobook]

Charles River Editors. author.

Publication Date

2023

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Call Number

IM5A0N A

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SD_ILS:752619

The High Frontier [digital video].

Stuit, Ryan, film director.

Publication Date

2021

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Digital

A Kanopy streaming video Access immediately on Kanopy

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GM I0N A

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SD_ILS:711279

Apollo Astronauts: Training NASA's Moon Men [digital video].

Weaver, Elliot, film director.

Publication Date

2015

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Digital

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GM I0N A

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SD_ILS:717550

Why? encyclopedia : brilliant answers to baffling questions

Parrish, Margaret, editor.

Publication Date

2024

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031.02 WHY

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SD_ILS:787751

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Deep space : beyond the solar system to the edge of the universe and the beginning of time

Schilling, Govert, author.

Publication Date

2024

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Call Number

520 SCH

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SD_ILS:801620

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Anaximander and the birth of science

Rovelli, Carlo, 1956- author.

Publication Date

2023

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Call Number

509 ROV

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SD_ILS:681610

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Indigenous ingenuity : a celebration of traditional North American knowledge

Havrelock, Deidre, author.

Publication Date

2023

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500.8 HAV

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SD_ILS:682895

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