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52 Weeks of Historical How-To’s, Week 51: How to discover a planet

Humans have been looking to the night sky for millennia in awe and wonder of the heavens above us, or in contemplation of the complex forces that guide the seemingly clockwork nature of our universe. The basic make-up…

Date
23 October 2014
Category
How-To's Rare Book Collection

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