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National Geographic Cosmos volume 2
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English
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"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."--
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1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm
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English
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"If you could go anywhere beyond our galaxy for the perfect picnic, where would you go? Asa Stahl, an NSTA award-winner for his previous book The Big Bang Book, introduces readers to some of the fascinating exoplanets we know about it. This is science at its most fantastical. What other worlds are out there, and will the young person reading this book grow up to discover even more?"--
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335 pages : color illustrations ; 31 cm
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English
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"Filled with lavish illustrations, this book is a grand tour of the universe. Three ever widening domains are presented--the planets, the stars, and the large scale universe itself--each including the ones before it and extending outward"--
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1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 31 cm
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English
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Filled with pop-ups, pull-outs, sliders, and foldouts, this interactive nonfiction book about our Solar System will blow children's minds. It provides updated information with amazing detail and lots of moving parts that will bring a smile to readers' faces. As children greet the celestial bodies designed by Patricia Geis, they will learn facts about each and how they affect our daily lives. Content includes the most up-to-date information about the...
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xvii, 205 pages : color illustrations ; 29 cm
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English
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This is the definitive book on the Hubble Space Telescope, written by noted astronomer Jim Bell. Looking deep into space, by definition, means looking back in time--and the Hubble Space Telescope can look very far back, including at stars, nebulae, and galaxies that are millions, even billions, of years old. If there is a single legacy of Hubble as it turns 30 years old and nears the end of its useful life, it is this: It has done more to chronicle...
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