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Chapter 1: The Copernican Revolution
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9 |
01
02
04
05
06
07
08
09
10
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| RD |
11 |
01
03
04
05
06
07
09
10
11
13
15
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| ST |
4 |
03
04
06
07
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Chapter 2: Light and Matter: The Inner Workings of the Cosmos
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| P |
9 |
01
02
03
04
05
06
08
09
10
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| RD |
13 |
01
02
03
04
05
06
07
08
09
10
11
12
13
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| ST |
1 |
06
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Chapter 3: Telescopes: The Tools of Astronomy
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| P |
7 |
01
03
04
07
08
09
10
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| RD |
14 |
01
02
03
04
05
06
07
08
09
10
11
12
14
15
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| ST |
6 |
02
03
04
05
06
07
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Chapter 4: The Solar System: Interplanetary Matter and the Birth of the Planets
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| P |
7 |
01
02
03
06
07
08
09
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| RD |
13 |
01
02
03
04
05
06
07
08
09
10
11
12
13
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| ST |
4 |
01
03
04
05
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Chapter 5: Earth and Its Moon: Our Cosmic Backyard
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| P |
5 |
01
02
06
08
10
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| RD |
15 |
01
02
03
04
05
06
07
08
09
10
11
12
13
14
15
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Chapter 6: The Terrestrial Planets: A Study in Contrasts
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8 |
01
02
03
04
05
07
08
09
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| RD |
14 |
01
02
04
05
06
07
08
09
10
11
12
13
14
15
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| ST |
7 |
01
02
03
04
05
06
07
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Chapter 7: The Jovian Planets: Giants of the Solar System
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| P |
10 |
01
02
03
04
05
06
07
08
09
10
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| RD |
15 |
01
02
03
04
05
06
07
08
09
10
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12
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14
15
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Chapter 8: Moons, Rings, and Pluto: Small Worlds Among Giants
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7 |
02
05
06
07
08
09
10
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15 |
01
02
03
04
05
06
07
08
09
10
11
12
13
14
15
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Chapter 9: The Sun: Our Parent Star
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| P |
9 |
01
02
03
04
05
07
08
09
10
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| RD |
15 |
01
02
03
04
05
06
07
08
09
10
11
12
13
14
15
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Chapter 10: Measuring the Stars: Giants, Dwarfs, and the Main Sequence
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7 |
02
03
04
06
08
09
10
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| RD |
8 |
01
03
04
07
09
12
13
15
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Chapter 11: The Interstellar Medium: Star Formation in the Milky Way
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10 |
01
02
03
04
05
06
07
08
09
10
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| RD |
14 |
01
02
03
04
06
07
08
09
10
11
12
13
14
15
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1 |
07
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Chapter 12: Stellar Evolution: The Lives and Deaths of Stars
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| P |
7 |
01
02
03
04
06
09
10
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| RD |
8 |
03
05
06
07
09
10
13
15
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Chapter 13: Neutron Stars and Black Holes: Strange States of Matter
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| P |
6 |
01
02
03
05
07
10
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| RD |
8 |
03
04
05
06
07
10
12
13
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Chapter 14: The Milky Way Galaxy: A Grand Design
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| P |
9 |
01
02
03
05
06
07
08
09
10
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| RD |
15 |
01
02
03
04
05
06
07
08
09
10
11
12
13
14
15
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| ST |
5 |
02
03
04
05
07
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Chapter 15: Normal and Active Galaxies: Building blocks of the Universe
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| P |
5 |
01
02
03
07
09
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| RD |
9 |
03
04
05
09
10
11
12
14
15
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| ST |
5 |
01
02
03
04
07
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Chapter 16: Hubble's Law and Dark Matter: The Large-Scale Structure of the Cosmos
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| P |
2 |
01
08
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| RD |
4 |
02
03
10
14
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| ST |
1 |
08
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Chapter 17: Cosmology: The Big Bang and the Fate of the Universe
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| P |
7 |
01
03
04
05
06
07
09
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| RD |
8 |
02
04
05
06
08
10
12
14
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Chapter 18: Life in the Universe: Are We Alone?
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| P |
6 |
02
05
07
08
09
10
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| RD |
8 |
03
04
06
07
10
12
14
15
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| Total |
371
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