Touch the Universe is a unique and innovative astronomy book that will help visually impaired people "see" the wonders of our universe. Using a combination of Braille and large-print captions that face 14 pages of brilliant Hubble Space Telescope photos, it is embossed with shapes that represent various astronomical objects such as stars, gas clouds, and jets of matter streaming into space. "Universally designed" for both the sighted and visually impaired reader, Touch the Universe takes readers on a voyage of discovery, starting at Earth, proceeding through the solar system, and ending with the most distant image taken by Hubble, the mind-boggling "Hubble Deep Field" photo -- the first telescope image ever to bring home to human consciousness in a deeply fundamental way the literally infinite reaches of our universe of galaxies. As the author puts it, "A visually impaired person can still touch and smell a flower, or a tree, or an animal, but he or she could only imagine what an astronomical object is like ... until now." Table of Contents <ul>
<li>Front Matter</li>
<li>Introduction</li>
<li>The Hubble Space Telescope</li>
<li>HST orbits Earth</li>
<li>Jupiter</li>
<li>Saturn</li>
<li>Uranus</li>
<li>The Ring Nebula</li>
<li>The Hourglass Nebula</li>
<li>NGC 2392--The Eskimo Nebula</li>
<li>Eta Carinae</li>
<li>Gaseous Pillars in M16--The Eagle Nebula</li>
<li>Globular Cluster NGC 6093</li>
<li>Galaxy NGC 4603</li>
<li>Galaxy Cluster Abell 2218</li>
<li>Hubble Northern Deep Field</li>
<li>Final Thoughts</li>
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Touch the Universe: A NASA Braille Book of Astronomy

Science & Math

Grice, Noreen

Astronomy & Space Science

Joseph Henry Press

Touch the Sun is a universally designed book with colorful raised images and combined text in print and Braille that explores the dynamic nature of our Sun. Topics include: size comparison between Earth and the Sun, the interior layers of the Sun, sunspots and their motion, views of the Sun in visible and ultraviolet light, solar eruptions as seen from space based observatories, massive solar storms, and the effect of space weather on Earth. According to the author, "This book is hot!" Table of Contents <ul>
<li>Front Matter</li>
<li>Introduction</li>
<li>1. Earth and Sun Size Comparison</li>
<li>2. The Full Sun</li>
<li>3. The Interior Layers of the Sun</li>
<li>4. Erupting Prominences</li>
<li>5. Comparison of a Prominence and Our Earth</li>
<li>6. The Sun with Magnetic Field Lines</li>
<li>7. The Sun as seen by the TRACE Satellite</li>
<li>8. The Sun with Sunspots</li>
<li>9. Sunspots in Motion Over Time</li>
<li>10. Size Comparison of Earth and a Sunspot</li>
<li>11. Coronal Mass Ejection</li>
<li>12. Coronal Mass Ejections Over Time</li>
<li>13. Ultraviolet View of the Sunâ€™s Disk</li>
<li>14. Close-Up View of the Ultraviolet Sun</li>
<li>15. The Sun During a Solar Storm</li>
<li>16. Space Weather (Sun, Solar Wind, Earth)</li>
<li>Final Thoughts</li>
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Touch the Sun: A NASA Braille Book

Reference

Words, Language & Grammar

Print/Braille edition.Nineteen new, carefully-rendered tactile illustrations by Creative Adaptations for Learning bring the excitement of the constellations, comets, meteor showers, and nebulae down to earth and onto the page. Seemingly visual concepts, like solar and lunar eclipses, become tangible through text and touch. Find out what the constellation Orion looks like, how the moon waxes and wanes, and just what happens during a lunar or solar eclipse. Discover the rings of Saturn and Jupiter's Great Red Spot. This handsome hardcover edition tells you all of the fascinating facts about how stars are formed and the patterns they make in the sky. Includes a print facsimile of the tactile illustrations for sighted readers.

Touch the stars

National Braille Press

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