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Author by : Clint W. Hatchett
Languange Used : en
Release Date : 1993-08-01
Publisher by : Hyperion
ISBN : 1562828746
First in a series of high-quality science books for parents to use with children, this year-round viewing guide outlines activities designed to help amateur cosmologists learn more about the heavens. 75 illustrations. color insert. Glow-in-the-dark star maps....
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Author by : Guillermo Gonzalez
Languange Used : en
Release Date : 2020-01-07
Publisher by : Regnery Gateway
ISBN : 9781684510771
Earth. The Final Frontier Contrary to popular belief, Earth is not an insignificant blip on the universe’s radar. Our world proves anything but average in Guillermo Gonzalez and Jay W. Richards’ The Privileged Planet: How Our Place in the Cosmos Is Designed for Discovery. But what exactly does Earth bring to the table? How does it prove its worth among numerous planets and constellations in the vastness of the Milky Way? In The Privileged Planet, you’ll learn about the world’s life-sustaining capabilities, water and its miraculous makeup, protection by the planetary giants, and how our planet came into existence in the first place....
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Author by : Chris Oxlade
Languange Used : en
Release Date : 2011
Publisher by :
ISBN : 1615325492
This book not only introduces young readers to the planets in our solar system, it also explains how these planets were discovered and studied throughout history. Young readers will be captivated by the full-color photographs and fascinating information presented in this valuable book. A science project is included to further develop the readers understanding of our planets....
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Author by : Wayne Douglas Barlowe
Languange Used : en
Release Date : 1990
Publisher by : Workman Publishing
ISBN : 0894806297
In 2358 Wayne Douglas Barlowe joined the first manned flight to Darwin IV, a newly discovered world beyond our solar system. Here he provides naturalistic paintings that vividly capture the alien creatures he encountered. Illustrations, full-color paintings, and maps....
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Author by : Margaret J. Goldstein
Languange Used : en
Release Date : 2018-08-01
Publisher by : Lerner Publications ™
ISBN : 9781541537323
How have scientists explored Neptune? What do they hope to discover about the planet in the future? Through vibrant photos and STEM highlights on geography, climate, and more, readers will learn all about Neptune....
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Author by : William Sheehan
Languange Used : en
Release Date : 2021-11-09
Publisher by : University of Arizona Press
ISBN : 9780816544240
For millenia humans have considered Mars the most fascinating planet in our solar system. We’ve watched this Earth-like world first with the naked eye, then using telescopes, and, most recently, through robotic orbiters and landers and rovers on the surface. Historian William Sheehan and astronomer and planetary scientist Jim Bell combine their talents to tell a unique story of what we’ve learned by studying Mars through evolving technologies. What the eye sees as a mysterious red dot wandering through the sky becomes a blurry mirage of apparent seas, continents, and canals as viewed through Earth-based telescopes. Beginning with the Mariner and Viking missions of the 1960s and 1970s, space-based instruments and monitoring systems have flooded scientists with data on Mars’s meteorology and geology, and have even sought evidence of possible existence of life-forms on or beneath the surface. This knowledge has transformed our perception of the Red Planet and has provided clues for better understanding our own blue world. Discovering Mars vividly conveys the way our understanding of this other planet has grown from earliest times to the present. The story is epic in scope—an Iliad or Odyssey for our time, at least so far largely without the folly, greed, lust, and tragedy of those ancient stories. Instead, the narrative of our quest for the Red Planet has showcased some of our species’ most hopeful attributes: curiosity, cooperation, exploration, and the restless drive to understand our place in the larger universe. Sheehan and Bell have written an ambitious first draft of that narrative even as the latest chapters continue to be added both by researchers on Earth and our robotic emissaries on and around Mars, including the latest: the Perseverance rover and its Ingenuity helicopter drone, which set down in Mars’s Jezero Crater in February 2021....
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Languange Used : en
Release Date : 2005
Publisher by :
ISBN : UOM:39015047969921
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Author by : Kenneth C. Davis
Languange Used : en
Release Date : 2001-07-24
Publisher by : HarperCollins
ISBN : 0060286148
Can you really catch a shooting star? Why is our galaxy called "the Milky Way"? Is Pluto just a comic-book character? The solar system is a big place with lots of big questions still to be answered. But now you can get a glimpse at what scientists know -- without even having to leave the planet! Find out about asteroids, meteoroids, and craters. Learn how to safely watch a solar eclipse. Discover what makes each planet special and why Earth stands apart from the others. Kenneth C. Davis dispels many myths about the vast beyond in Don't Know Much About® The Solar System. His question-and-answer format, accompanied by riddles and humorous illustrations, make learning about the solar system an out-of-this-world experience!...
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Author by : Ray Jayawardhana
Languange Used : en
Release Date : 2013-04-21
Publisher by : Princeton University Press
ISBN : 9780691158075
Describes the science of planet hunters, the prospects for the discovery of alien life, and discusses the controversies surrounding extrasolar-planet research....
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Author by : Simon Barnes
Languange Used : en
Release Date : 2022-01-06
Publisher by : Random House
ISBN : 9781473532410
Praise for The Green Planet (BBC One) 'David Attenborough's gobsmacking, awe-inspiring return' The Guardian 'The Green Planet reveals the secret lives of plants in the same way The Blue Planet opened our eyes to the oceans' New Scientist There's something new under the sun Plants live secret, unseen lives - hidden in their magical world and on their timescale. From the richest jungles to the harshest deserts, from the snowiest alpine forest to the remotest steaming swamp, Green Planet travels from one great habitat to the next, showing us that plants are as aggressive, competitive and dramatic as the animals on our planet. You will discover agents of death, who ruthlessly engulf their host plant, but also those that form deep and complex relationships with other species, such as the desert cacti who use nectar-loving bats to pollinate. Although plants are undoubtedly the stars of the show, a fascinating new light will be shed on the animals that interact with them. Using the latest technologies and showcasing over two decades of new discoveries, Green Planet reveals the strange and wonderful life of plants like never before - a life full of remarkable behaviour, emotional stories and surprising heroes....