The illustrated world of space
By: Iain Nicolson
Publisher: Scholastic
Published: 1991
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 64
ISBN-13: 9780590202671
Subjects: Juvenile literature; Astronomy; Ouvrages pour la jeunesse; Astronomie
Description: Explores the world of outer space, touching upon such aspects as the planets, solar system, deep space, and life and death of stars.
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: title: Studying the Heavens; title: Signposts to the stars; title: First astronomers; title: Celestial sphere; title: Universe; title: Modern astronomy; title: Hertzsprung-Russell star diagram; title: Life and death of a star; title: Power of a black hole; title: Invisible astronomy; title: Solar system; title: Birth of the solar system; title: Structure of the sun; title: Orbit of a comet; title: Inner planets; title: Earth; title: Auroral display; title: Map of the moon; title: Mercury and Venus; title: Traveling into space; title: Mars; title: Outer planets; title: Jupiter; title: Saturn; title: Uranus; title: Neptune; title: Pluto; title: Is there life beyond Earth?; title: Space facts.