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The solar system and back

by Isaac Asimov

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Accession 9150 ISBN — Publisher Avon Books
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Asimov explores some of the more puzzling aspects of our solar system, such as its symmetry and regularities, as well as Earth-based observations like the death of the dinosaurs and the vagaries of certain metals. He also ventures an opinion on the role of women in the future.

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