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3) Wormholes
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51 pages : color illustrations ; 21 cm.
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English
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Are there white holes in space? Who said space and time are the same? Why do wormholes exist? How fast does light travel? What if you could time travel?
6) Only one
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1 volume (unnumbered pages) : color illustrations ; 25 cm
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"This picture book showcases the unique beauty of our one-and-only universe--its galaxies, stars, and planets--as well as our one-and-only Earth, and the precious life it contains"--
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"Has the universe always existed? Scientists have looked further into space and discovered the galaxies moving. Were they once closer together? If scientists look far enough, can they discover where our universe started? Budding astronomers will learn all about the universe in this in-depth look at space science"--
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1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 27 cm
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"Starting with one tiny dot and continuing through the Big Bang to the rise of human societies, the story of our universe is told in simple and vivid terms. But the biggest question of all cannot be answered: Where did that one dot come from?"--Amazon.com.
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238 pages ; 22 cm
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Español
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Presents information on the Universe, the Milky Way, stars, planets, the Earth in space, the existence of life, and related topics.
¿Cómo de grande es el universo? ¿Podremos algún día viajar a otras estrellas? ¿Qué es un agujero negro? ¡Descúbrelo con este libro! ¿Alguna vez has levantado la vista al cielo en una noche estrellada y te has dejado llevar por la imaginación? Igual en ese momento te has trasladado a mundos que van más allá...
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224 pages : color illustrations, color portraits ; 29 cm
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English
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A guide to some of the most extraordinary places, objects and sights in the cosmos, from the amazing worlds of our solar system to distant galaxies and glowing nebulae--and almost everything in between. Includes 100 objects from throughout the universe, arranged from closest to our planet to farthest away. Discover the best-kept secrets of space.
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Before the universe was formed, before time and space existed, there was ... nothing. But then ... BANG! Stars caught fire and burned so long that they exploded, flinging stardust everywhere. And the ash of those stars turned into planets. Into our Earth. And into us. In a poetic text, Marion Dane Bauer takes readers from the trillionth of a second when our universe was born to the singularities that became each one of us, while vivid illustrations...
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224 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 29 cm
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Español
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¡Viaja desde la Tierra a los confines del universo con este impresionante libro! Descubre planetas extraños, estrellas remotas y misteriosas galaxias. Cada página de este impresionante libro revela los secretos que hay detrás de más de 100 cuerpos celestes, como planetas, asteroides, satélites, estrellas . . .
Travel from Earth to the ends of the universe with this awesome book! Discover strange planets, remote stars and mysterious galaxies....
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47 pages : color illustrations ; 33 cm.
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Español
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Un fantástico libro para jóvenes lectores con el que podrán descubrir cómo empezó todo: qué hay en el universo, qué son las galaxias y las estrellas, el Sol, la Tierra y los planetas del sistema solar, cuándo surgió las astronomía, qué es un astronauta o cómo se vive en el espacio ... Un libro fascinante lleno de simpáticas y divertidas ilustraciones.
This fantastic book for young readers explains how it all began-from what is in the...
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"This humorous informational picture book about the history of the universe answers some of the biggest questions humans have ever asked - like how the universe began and where we came from. Young readers will learn all about the Big Bang theory, how our solar system and planet were formed, how life began in the oceans and moved to land, what happened to the dinosaurs and how humans evolved from apes to explore, build communities all over the world...and...
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80 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm.
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English
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"A wormhole is a tubelike distortion of time and space connecting distant places in the universe. Wormholes have been featured in many movies, but can they really exist? Wormholes are a prediction of scientific theories, and the precision of mathematics allows them to be described, even before they have ever been seen. Untangling complex physics theories with accessible language and captivating imagery, this text explores the development and evaluation...
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1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 22 cm.
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Español
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Versos sencillos y ocurrentes nos desvelan curiosidades del universo. Atrévete a saber más con estas rimas llenas de humor. El universo es tan grande..., ¡resulta descomunal! Nadie sabe cuánto mide y se extiende más y más. Nuestro planeta es la Tierra, gira alrededor del Sol. Él es nuestra buena estrella y nos da luz y calor. En el enorme universo hay satélites, cometas, galaxias llenas de estrellas y, por supuesto, planetas... ¿Es fácil...
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80 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm.
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"The Big Bang theory describes the very beginnings of the universe, when it was infinitesimally small and infinitely dense, and follows its rapid expansion and evolution, from the formation of nuclei within the first few minutes to the creation of the first galaxies a billion years later. The Big Bang theory is a cornerstone of modern cosmology, and although astronomers cannot directly observe the birth of the universe, the theory is widely accepted...
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386 pages ; 22 cm
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"Christophe Galfard's mission in life is to spread modern scientific ideas to the general public in entertaining ways. Using his considerable skills as a brilliant theoretical physicist and successful young adult author, The Universe in Your Hand employs the immediacy of simple, direct language to show us, not explain to us, the theories that underpin everything we know about our universe. To understand what happens to a dying star, we are asked to...
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1 volume (unpaged) : colour illustrations ; 26 cm
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English
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"For readers too young for Astrophysics for Young People in a Hurry, this whimsical and well-founded picture book takes a leaf from a cookbook to show readers how the universe came into being. To bake a universe, you'll need a heaping pile of nothing. That's right, not a single thing! Just make sure you have enough. When you are happy with your amount of nothing, gather it all up and pop it on a baking tray. Alec Carvlin's breaks down the Big Bang...
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