Want to take an amazing journey through the universe? Learn all about our solar system? Explore other galaxies? Discover more about the universe every time you open Space. You'll find superb illustrations, spectacular photography, stimulating text, and special features that offer many paths to learning. Inside story - features that put you there, on the spot, as important scientific discoverie…
A contemporary of Galileo and a forerunner of Isaac Newton, Johannes Kepler (1571-1630) was a pioneering German scientist and a pivotal figure in the history of astronomy. This colorful biography brings the man and his scientific discoveries to life, showing how his contributions were every bit as important as those of Copernicus, Galileo, and Newton. It was Kepler who first advocated the compl…
Offers information about all eighty-eight constellations of the northern and southern skies and provides simple star charts for easy identification.
According to astrophysicist Tyson, director of New York City's Hayden Planetarium, size does matter when it comes to black holes, although the chances of your surviving the encounter aren't good in any case. Tyson takes readers on an exciting journey from Earth's hot springs, where extremophiles flourish in hellish conditions, to the frozen, desolate stretches of the Oort Cloud and the universe…