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He also cofounded nightline born in troon, ayrshire, scotland, hosking studied russian at kings college. Spanning the divide between europe and asia, russia is a multiethnic empire with a huge territory. A very short introduction very short introductions series by geoffrey hosking. In this very short introduction, geoffrey hosking discusses all aspects of russian history, from the struggle by the state to control society, the transformation of the empire into a multiethnic empire, russia s relationship with the westeurope, the soviet experience, and the postsoviet era. In this very short introduction, geoffrey cottrell describes the basic physics of telescopes, the challenges of overcoming turbulence and distortion from the earths atmosphere, and the special techniques used to capture xrays and gamma rays in space telescopes.

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