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The 6th edition of Astronomy: From the Earth to the Universe was published on August 17, 2001, with a 2002 copyright.
The ISBN for ETU6/e and the textbook kits are:
Textbook only--Astronomy: From the Earth to the Universe: 0030334888
Kit with textbook and CD-ROM of RedShift College Edition: 0030343895
Kit with textbook, CD-ROM of RedShift College Edition, and Workbook on
using RedShift College Edition: 0030343917
RedShift College Edition, CD-ROM only: 0030269946
Workbook to accompany RedShift College Edition only: 0030269962
Instructor's Manual, by Jay M. Pasachoff and Steven Souza: 0030342619
Overhead Transparencies: 0-03-034253-8
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A shorter textbook, The Cosmos: Astronomy for the New Millennium by Jay M. Pasachoff and Alex Filippenko (copyright 2001) is available. See www.williams.edu/astronomy/cosmos.
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The Boston Museum of Science, Science Park, Boston, MA 02114-1099 has available a book, "Touch The Stars (third edition), "written and illustrated by Noreen Grice, Education Associate, 617-589-0273, fax (617) 589 - 0454, email ngrice@mos.org. The third printing, available as of 6/98, corrects various typos and provides some updates. The book is 69 pages long and includes twenty-three tactile astronomy illustrations. It covers constellation legends, a survey of the planets, stellar evolution and galaxies. The illustrations include selected constellation patterns, planets, nebulae, galaxies, phases of the moon and the Hubble Space Telescope. The text contains pages with both Braille and large-type print, and was published in 1998 by the Museum of Science and National Braille Press.
Touch The Stars (third edition) is $26.95 and may be ordered through the Boston Museum Science Store at 617-589-0488.