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Genre/Form: | Nonfiction Instructional and educational works Juvenile works Matériel d'éducation et de formation Juvenile literature Ouvrages pour la jeunesse |
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Material Type: | Elementary and junior high school |
Document Type: | Book |
All Authors / Contributors: |
Neil deGrasse Tyson; Gregory Mone |
ISBN: | 9781324003281 1324003286 9780393356502 0393356507 |
OCLC Number: | 1042356377 |
Notes: | Includes index. |
Target Audience: | Age 8-12. |
Description: | 176 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 24 cm |
Contents: | Prologue -- The greatest story ever told -- How to communicate with aliens -- Let there be light -- Between the galaxies -- Dark matter -- Dark energy -- My favorite elements -- Why the world is round -- The invisible universe -- Around our solar neighborhood -- What Earth would look like to an alien -- Looking up, thinking big -- Glossary. |
Responsibility: | Neil deGrasse Tyson ; with Gregory Mone. |
Abstract:
America's most celebrated astrophysicist invites young readers to explore the mysteries of the universe.
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"Tyson is admirably straightforward in his descriptions and doesn't lapse into being condescending or patronising and I especially like the way he's happy to say that there are things we just don't know and phenomena we don't understand." -- The Letterpress Project "The authors deliver an informative guide to modern astronomy, and most scientific terms or principles are adequately explained in easy-to-follow but not patronising language. There are useful discussions on topics such as Big Bang cosmology, relativity, extraterrestrial life, dark matter, dark energy and black holes." -- BBC Sky at Night Read more...

