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- Subject: StarBriefs 1993 - New updated edition
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- The Star*s Family
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- * StarBriefs *
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- A dictionary
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- of abbreviations, acronyms, and symbols
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- in astronomy, space sciences, and related fields
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- 1993
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- (CDS Special Publication 21)
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- This list gathers presently more than 55,000 abbreviations, acronyms,
- contractions and symbols with sections devoted to Greek letters,
- mathematical symbols, special signs and characters, as well as to
- entries with a numerical beginning.
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- Besides astronomy and space sciences, related fields such as
- aeronautics, aeronomy, astronautics, atmospheric sciences, chemistry,
- communications, computer sciences, data processing, education,
- electronics, engineering, energetics, environment, geodesy, geophysics,
- information retrieval, management, mathematics, meteorology, optics,
- physics, remote sensing, and so on, are also covered when justified.
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- Abbreviations, acronyms, contractions and symbols in common use and/or
- of general interest have also been included when appropriate. The
- travelling scientist has not been forgotten either (codes of airlines,
- locations, currencies, and so on).
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- The catalogue is available as CDS Special Publication 21 (ISSN 0764-9614
- - ISBN 2-908064-19-7) at the price of FF 300, surface postage included.
- For air mail delivery, please add 15%. If at all possible, have cheques
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- this, please add 20% to cover the bank costs and exchange charges.
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