Explores the history of space travel, including the launch of Sputnik, the first manned space flights, the moon landings, and the Space Shuttle program.
Following the ‘Big Bang’, it took the universe billions of years to evolve into the unique system of stars and planets that we know of today. Scientists have studied the planets of our solar system fo
Physics is the oldest and deepest of all the sciences, revealing profound truths about the way in which the Universe operates. Schrödinger’s Cat, the Higgs boson particle, string theory―concepts we’ve
From the craters of the Moon to the far reaches of Orion, The Stargazer's Handbook will enable you to explore space without leaving the comforts of Earth. All you need are a pair of binoculars and a c
A virtual guide to the solar system offers speculations on what it would be like to visit the planets, reveals the processes and events that have shaped the two hundred color photographs of such subje
Offers a history of humanity's understanding of the universe, including early philosopher's cosmologies, the flat disc universe ceding to celestial spheres, and the geocentric model ceding to the heli
Within the pages of this book, students will embark on a journey to the most-visited place in our solar system: Earth’s Moon. Kids will read about the lunar crust and the fascinating theory of how the
