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Describes the expansion of the universe as a result of The Big Bang.
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1998 by Seymour Simon
Printed in Singapore. All rights reserved. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Simon. Seymour
The universe
Seymour Simon,
cm. p Summary: Describes the expansion of the universe as a result of the Big Bang. ISBN ()-688-lS301-l (tnide) ISBN ()-6«8-l'>302-X (lib bdg ) ISBN 0-06-443^52-3 (pbk 1. Cosmology Juvenile literature. 1 (xismology. 1. Title. gB983.S66 1998
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