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3) Astronomy
Author
Language
English
Description
Looks at the history of astronomy, identifies important astronomers, and summarizes what is known about the Sun, Moon, planets, and stars.
Author
Publisher
National Geographic
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"Cosmos: Possible Worlds travels through more than 14 billion years of cosmic evolution and into an astonishing future where probes travel by light beams to distant stars, helping us solve enduring mysteries of our origins and dream toward an unimaginable time ahead."--
Author
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
"In 1916, Einstein became the first to predict the existence of gravitational waves: sounds without a material medium generated by the unfathomably energy-producing collision of black holes. Now, Janna Levin, herself an astrophysicist, recounts the storyof the search, over the last fifty years, for these elusive waves--a quest that has culminated in the creation of the most expensive project ever funded by the National Science Foundation ($1 billion-plus)....
Author
Publisher
Teaching Co
Pub. Date
c2009
Language
English
Description
Nearly everyone has heard of black holes, but few people outside of complex scientific fields understand their true nature and their implications for our universe. This lecture course makes this cosmological subject graspable, with 12 lavishly illustrated lectures by veteran Great Courses Professor Alex Filippenko, a distinguished astronomer and award-winning teacher at the University of California, Berkeley.
Author
Publisher
HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2008]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
When a rainstorm prevents Nancy and her best friend, Robert, from getting to the planetarium the night of a class field trip, she has a brilliant idea for making things better.
Author
Publisher
Scientific American/ Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Pub. Date
c2012
Language
English
Description
"We've long understood black holes to be the points at which the universe as we know it comes to an end. Often billions of times more massive than the Sun, they lurk in the inner sanctum of almost every galaxy of stars in the universe. They're mysterious chasms so destructive and unforgiving that not even light can escape their deadly wrath. Recent research, however, has led to a cascade of new discoveries that have revealed an entirely different...
Author
Publisher
Ecco, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
Traces the efforts of an elite scientific team who tested Einstein's theory of relativity during a historic mission to photograph a black hole, addressing key questions about time, space, and the nature of the universe.
Author
Publisher
The Experiment
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
Within the pages of this eclectic pop-history, scientist and educator Sten Odenwald at NASA examines 100 objects that forever altered what we know and how we think about the cosmos. From Sputnik to Skylab and Galileos telescope to the Curiosity rover, some objects are iconic and some obscurebut all are utterly important. The Nebra sky disk (1600 BCE) features the first realistic depiction of the Sun, Moon, and stars.The Lunar Laser Ranging RetroReflector...
Author
Publisher
DK Publishing
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
Celebrates the moon, planets, stars, and meteorites that appear in the night sky, as well as activities that occur below, from flying bats and a family gazing at constellations to whales swimming in the Arctic and ships navigating by the stars.
"A beautifully illustrated collection of nonfiction stories featuring the many wonders that exist in the night sky. Beginning with a sunset and ending at dawn, Through the Night Sky shines a light on the...
15) Astrology
Author
Series
Publisher
Compass Point Books
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
"Young readers will find keys to their personalities and how to work on their problems with this introduction to astrology. Fits STEAM curriculum needs as well as being a high-interest topic."--
16) My brief history
Author
Publisher
Random House, Incorporated
Pub. Date
2013
Language
English
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Description
Recounts Stephen Hawking's improbable journey, from his postwar London boyhood to his years of international acclaim and celebrity. Writing with characteristic humility and humor, Hawking opens up about the challenges that confronted him following his diagnosis of ALS at age 21. Tracing his progress as a thinker, he explains how the prospect of an early death urged him onward through numerous intellectual breakthroughs, and talks about the genesis...
Author
Series
Professor Astro Cat volume 1
Publisher
Flying Eye Books, an imprint of Nobrow Ltd
Pub. Date
[2013].
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
Professor Astro Cat explains everything he knows about the solar system and outer space, including the Big Bang, manned missions to the Moon, and the night sky throughout the months of the year.
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