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    A Galactic Adventure
    A Galactic Adventure
    A Galactic Adventure
    Audiobook57 minutes

    A Galactic Adventure

    Written by Ken Croswell

    Narrated by Michael Toms

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    About this audiobook

    Since the first grade, Ken Croswell, an astronomer and Ph.D. from Harvard, has been totally fascinated by our solar system. Get caught up in his extraordinary enthusiasm as he discusses everything from Black Holes, brown dwarfs, the Milky Way, the red giant, quasars and collisions with floating matter.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherNew Dimensions Foundation
    Release dateSep 12, 2000
    ISBN9780781310505
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