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22) Universe
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Series
Pub. Date
2023.
Edition
Revised edition.
Description
Discusses the history of astronomy, including the discovery of the planets, sun, stars, and distant galaxies, and details human exploration of the universe.
Author
Pub. Date
[2016]
Description
The characters of the Star Trek television programs and movies go boldly among the stars -- but how much of what they tell us is accurate? Fazekas compares the Federation's technology with our own, and provides scientifically accurate accounts of the realms and star charts that the Enterprise uses to explore the solar system, nebulae, and more.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2018]
Description
"Readers will want to grab a telescope and explore the night skies after finishing this overview of our solar system. Our solar system consists of eight planets, as well as numerous moons, comets, asteroids, and meteoroids. For thousands of years, humans believed that Earth was at the center of the Universe, but all of that changed in the 17th century. Astronomers like Nicolaus Copernicus, Galileo Galilei, Johannes Kepler, and Isaac Newton proposed...
Author
Pub. Date
[2017]
Edition
Young readers edition.
Description
StarTalk is both a podcast and a National Geographic television program, in which host Neil deGrasse Tyson and his celebrity guests tackle provocative subjects in science. This companion volume features interesting photos, smart scientific facts, and witty commentary.
Tyson looks at the most confounding mysteries of Earth, space, and what it means to be human. He attempts to answer all of your most pressing questions, from how the brain works to...
Author
Pub. Date
2020.
Edition
First edition.
Description
"For hundreds of years, people have dreamed of Jupiter, the king of the planets. But the trip across the solar system is so long and dangerous that it seems almost impossible. Join us, as we tell you an incredible story. It's true, except for otherworldly wisecracks from a medieval genius named Galileo. (And who knows? Maybe those parts are true too.) The Galileo Mission is one of the toughest journeys that has ever been undertaken. It's an epic adventure...
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