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Find Out About Astronomy
A Fascinating Fact File and Learn-it-Yourself Book, with 13 Projects and over 249 Pictures
Language: English
Release Date: September 5, 2013
This amazing hands-on book tells you exactly what to look for in the night sky. It will teach you all about outer space and how to become a proper stargazer yourself, with projects such as making a sundial and how to watch the Moon. Information sections take you through the different topics in astronomy:...
by Karl Beckstrand
Language: English
Release Date: February 12, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: February 12, 2014
(Science, astronomy) “Eye-opening and page-turning!” - UP Author’s 2014 cover design award. A picture book introduction to the night sky—Bright Star, Night Star accompanies an American Indian child in finding constellations, stars, moons, and other heavenly bodies (ages 4 – 9, preschool...
by Olga Kryuchkova, Elena Kryuchkova
Language: English
Release Date: November 10, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: November 10, 2018
This book tells about the astronomy and the Universe. About our planet Earth and Earth's satellite Moon, other planets and far constellations. There you can find out interesting and useful information and colorize black and white illustrations depicting mythological characters of planets and constellations....
Seeing the Sky
100 Projects, Activities & Explorations in Astronomy
Language: English
Release Date: September 5, 2013
Discover the fascination of astronomy with 100 easy, inexpensive projects that promise loads of fun for sky watchers of all ages. Geared toward beginning astronomers from junior high school level and up, this entertaining guide was written in direct, nontechnical terms by an experienced astronomer...
Johannes Kepler
And the New Astronomy
Language: English
Release Date: October 11, 2001
Johannes Kepler (1571-1630) is remembered, along with Copernicus and Galileo, as one of the greatest Renaissance astronomers. A gifted analytical thinker, he made major contributions to physics, astronomy, and mathematics. Kepler was trained as a theologian, yet did not hesitate to challenge church doctrine...
by Anne Rooney
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2017
This volume traces humanity's exploration of the heavens from Neolithic times to NASA. Moving beyond early superstitions and cosmology, scientific study began by first making calendars and predicting astronomical events. The invention of the telescope around 1600 marked a watershed in the field of...
Astronomy Lab for Kids
52 Family-Friendly Activities
Language: English
Release Date: September 11, 2016
Introduce your children to the wonders of the galaxy in a fun, hands on way! It can be hard to explain and understand what lies beyond what you see in the beautiful night sky. Astronomy Lab for Kids teaches children the basics of outer space in 52 lessons that can be done with everyday items from...
Galileo Galilei
First Physicist
Language: English
Release Date: October 16, 1997
The scientific innovations of Galileo Galilei are pivotal to our understanding of the laws of the natural world. Drawing on his diverse studies in philosophy, mathematics, mechanics, music, astronomy, and engineering, Galileo developed revolutionary theories that thoroughly changed the disciplines of...
by John K. Davies
Language: English
Release Date: February 11, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: February 11, 2016
Written by one of the astronomers who 'lived the dream' of working there this book is a restrospectively expanded diary featuring the 'birth and long life' of what was a truely innovative telescope. Based on input received from people involved in its planning, building, operation, and many scientists...
by Heather Couper, Nigel Henbest
Language: English
Release Date: February 2, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: February 2, 2015
This comprehensive guide to astronomy introduces the basic concepts, explaining what, when, and how to observe space, right through to current theories on everything from black holes to microquasars. It helps you to navigate the night sky, identify the constellations and find planets, comets, galaxies...
America's First Great Eclipse
How Scientists, Tourists, and the Rocky Mountain Eclipse of 1878 Changed Astronomy Forever
Language: English
Release Date: May 5, 2017
America’s First Great Eclipse takes readers on a thrilling historical journey, revealing that nineteenth-century Americans were just as excited about a total solar eclipse as we are today ... and, like us, were willing to travel thousands of miles to see it.
The upcoming total solar eclipse...
by BarCharts,Inc
Language: English
Release Date: November 30, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: November 30, 2009
The most comprehensive guide to the known universe. Great reference for classes including earth science and physical science as well as astronomy. Includes guide includes information including: history, the sun, the planets, starlight and galaxies, and cosmological concepts.
by Kevin B. Marvel, Ph.D.
Language: English
Release Date: March 31, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: March 31, 2010
See the skies in a whole new light. Take a tour of the universe, from our local solar system to the far reaches of deepest space. Astronomy Made Simple offers a complete introduction to this science, from its birth in ancient times to the different types of super-powerful telescopes scientists use...
The Everything Astronomy Book
Discover the mysteries of the universe
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2011
The Everything Astronomy Book, by noted SETI Institute scientist Dr. Cynthia Phillips, helps you stargaze with authority. The book not only provides clear descriptions of all the theories of the origins of the universe, it explains the facts about the planets, moons, and stars in language anyone can...