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Names: Latta, Sara L.

Title: Black holes : the weird science of the most mysterious objects in the universe / by Sara Latta.

Description: Minneapolis : Twenty-First Century Books, [2017] | Audience: Age 13–18. | Audience: Grade 9 to 12. | Includes bibliographical references and index.

Identifiers: LCCN 2016038386 (print) | LCCN 2016040852 (ebook) | ISBN 9781512415681 (lb : alk. paper) | ISBN 9781512448634 (eb pdf)

Subjects: LCSH: Black holes (Astronomy)—Juvenile literature | Astronomy—Juvenile literature.

Classification: LCC QB843.B55 L3945 2017 (print) | LCC QB843.B55 (ebook) | DDC 523.8/875—dc23

 

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