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Author has found clever devices to scale down everything from time lines (the history of Earth compressed into one year), to quantities (all the wealth in the world divided into one hundred coins), to size differences (the planets shown as different types of balls).
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80 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm.
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English
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"On December 26, 2015, the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO) detected gravitational waves generated from merging black holes for the first time in human history. But why is this significant? Through an engaging, easily accessible approach, the origins, dynamics, and ultimate fate of black holes are thoroughly unraveled so that students without a scientific background can grasp complex physics theories. This text supports the...
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224 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 29 cm
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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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48 pages : color illustrations, map ; 24 cm.
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"Did you know that comets are sometimes called "hairy stars?" Or that if you saw a sunset on the moon, the sun would look white because the moon doesn't have an atmosphere? You'll learn this and much more as you become an expert on the objects in the sky"--Publisher.
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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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El principio de lectores aprender? sobre el Sol por f?cil - a seguir el texto y fotograf?as a color a toda p?gina. El texto es presentado tanto en el espa?ol ingl?s como en est?ndar latinoamericano y es un recurso excelente para descubrir como importante el Sol es a la supervivencia de vida sobre la Tierra.
Beginning readers will learn about the Sun through easy-to follow text and full-page color photographs. The text is presented in both English...
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47 pages : color illustrations ; 28 cm.
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English
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"Anna, Elsa, and friends explore the night sky. Engaging nonfiction text presents the northern lights, the solar system, eclipses, and more. Fun character interactions keep the reader engaged, while facts are presented in clear detail."--
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1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 17 cm
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Haga un viaje alrededor de nuestro sistema solar con Ellen Ochoa, la primera latina en viajar al espacio. Este libro presentará a los más pequeños al Sol, la Luna y los planetas en inglés y español.
"Take a trip around our solar system with Ellen Ochoa, the first Latina to travel into space. This book will introduce little ones to the Sun, Moon, and planets in English and Spanish."--
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