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1) Movement
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Explains the laws governing all movement and describes how and why things move, with an emphasis on machines ranging from simple wheels to spacecraft.
2) The cosmos
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Examines our solar system and galaxy and other parts of the universe and describes our attempts to study and explore space.
6) The Understanding Your Grief Support Group Guide: Starting and Leading a Bereavement Support Group
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This guide to facilitating support groups offers bereavement caregivers practical strategies for creating and maintaining a productive environment for mourners. Logistical considerations such as setting up and publicizing a new group are discussed, as is the importance of prescreening new members. Tips for creating a set of ground rules are provided, and the pros and cons of creating structured and unstructured meetings are considered. Responding...
7) Understanding the Universe: An Introduction to Astronomy, 2nd Edition: Our Home-The Milky Way Galaxy
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Starting a series of lectures on galaxies, you begin with our home galaxy, the Milky Way. The band of light by that name is simply the Galaxy seen edge-on from our place within it. You also explore the nebulae in our Galaxy, many of which are regions of stellar birth.
10) Understanding the Universe: An Introduction to Astronomy, 2nd Edition: Light-The Supreme Informant
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Astronomers obtain most of their information through the analysis of light. This lecture introduces the electromagnetic spectrum and the technique of spectroscopy, in which light is dispersed into its component colors, as in a rainbow.
20) Understanding the Universe: An Introduction to Astronomy, 2nd Edition: A Grand Tour of the Cosmos
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You embark on a fantastic voyage throughout the Universe, starting in this lecture with a whirlwind tour of the course, which extends from phenomena in Earth's atmosphere to events at the farthest reaches of space and time.
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