How the universe works : an illustrated guide to the cosmos and all we know about it.
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New York, N.Y. : Chartwell Books, an imprint of The Quarto Group, 2017.

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231 pages : color illustrations ; 29 cm

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Introduction

1. The secrets of the Universe (Radiography of the cosmos ; The moment of creation ; Forces of the Universe ; Theories about the future ; Anatomy of the galaxies ; Our galaxy: the Milky Way ; Active galaxies ; With their own light ; Stellar evolution ; Red giants ; Gas shells ; Supernova ; The final darkness)

2. The Solar system (The Solar system ; A very warm heart ; Mercury ; Venus ; Mars ; Jupiter ; Saturn ; Uranus ; Neptune ; Pluto ; Distant worlds ; Asterois and meteorites ; Comets ; Extrasolar planets ; Like the Earth)

3. The Earth and the Moon (The blue planet ; Journey to the center of the Earth ; The Earth, a huge magnet ; Surface and movemnts on the Moon ; The Moon and the tides ; Eclipses ; Traversing time ; Under construction ; Scorching flow ; Minerals: "The bricks" ; The origin of life ; Fossil relics ; Cambrian explosion ; The Tree of Life ; Other origin?))

4. History of astronomy (The first astronomers ; Astronomical theories ; Sprinkled with stars ; The astronomical clock of Su Song ; Copernicus and Galileo ; Newton and the universal gravitation ; The impact of relativity ; Large Hardon Collider ; Space observatory ; Celestial cartography ; From the back yard)

5. The space race (From fiction to reality ; NASA ; Control from Earth ; Other space agencies ; Russian missions ; United States spacecraft ; One giant leap for mankind ; The Apollo program ; Echoes of the past)

6. Exploration missions (Interest in thr planets ; Point of departure ; Rockets ; Takeoff chronicle ; Space Shuttle ; Profession: astronaut ; Far from ome ; Space stations ; Spying on the Universe ; The Chandra Observatory ; Voyager probes ; SETI projects ; Closer to the Sun)

7. Traveling to Mars and other worlds (Mars missions ; Mars in the sights ; Mars Reconnaisance Orbiter ; Martian rovers ; Curiosity ; Is it possible to colonize Mars ? ; A film challenge ; Jupiter in focus ; The moon Europa ; A view of Saturn ; Toward Venus and Pluto)

8. Connected with space (Space technology at home ; Microgravity and science ; Global interconnection ; Satellite orbits ; Environmental satellites ; Earth images in high resolution ; Space junk ; Global satelite navigation ; Space vacations ; Stratospheric adventures ; A colossal performance)

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New York, N.Y. : Chartwell Books, an imprint of The Quarto Group, 2017.

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English

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Chiefly illustrations.

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Includes index.

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"With beautiful and detailed visuals in the form of info-graphics, 3D illustrations, cutaways and renderings, How the Universe Works offers a tiny glimpse of the massive stretch of the universe. Each page delves more into the composition of the stars and shows the information in such a way that makes even the most complex phenomenons easy to understand. Learn how different cosmic bodies interact with one another, why, and how humanity has worked to understand space. "--Amazon.com.

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Cosmology -- Pictorial works.
Illustrated works.
Universe -- Pictorial works.

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