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College-level collections strong in astronomy yet seeking acquisitions general interest readers would also enjoy would do well to consider professor/astronomer Kimberly Weaver's The Violent Universe: Joyrides Through The X-Ray Cosmos (0801881153 $35.00). The history and changing technology of x-ray astronomy is revealed, from its beginnings in th...