An interest in astronomy may strike early in life or later. Regardless of what lit the fire of that interest, you need ...

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In doing so, the authors manage to sneak in a lot of fundamental astronomy, ensuring that their readers will come away with a good basic understanding of how stars and the universe form and evolve.