Collins guide to modern technology

KERROD, ROBIN

Collins

The Challenge of Space

Science & Math

Technology

HarperCollins, Publishers

The Star Guide The Star Guide is for everyone who has marveled at the beauty of the night sky and wanted to know more about the stars. User-friendly and thoroughly up to date, The Star Guide demystifies astronomy and gives you all the information you need to appreciate the wonders of the Universe — from the explosive birth of a star to an eclipse to a cloudy nebula. It reflects the latest findings by the world's astronomers, as well as by the Hubble Space Telescope and the Magellan probe to Venus. Totally visual and completely accessible, the guide features easy-to-follow star charts and a high-quality planisphere to help you locate the major constellations. Moreover, The Star Guide relies on the user's observations made with binoculars and the naked eye. Novice astronomers are taken through the orbits of the planets of the solar system as well as to stars beyond. Written with clarity and infectious enthusiasm by best-selling science writer Robin Kerrod, and illustrated with more than 150 full-color photos and drawings, The Star Guide offers an uncomplicated and unconventional means of space exploration. A specially devised visual cross-referencing system provides easy access to information and to explanations of terms and concepts. Feature boxes explain scientific theory and both recent and ancient astronomical history. Discussion and analysis of the astronomer's tools are also included in this comprehensive sourcebook. You'll find advice on how to use binoculars, telescopes, computers, and cameras in your astronomical observations. With its spectacular color art, planisphere, and vividly descriptive style, The Star Guide is an informative, entertaining, andfascinating journey through the cosmos.\nMore than 150 full-color photographs and illustrations capture the spectacular wonder and drama of space More than 60 easy-to-read color star charts guide you star by star and month by month through the winter, spring, summer, and fall skies Reference pages and feature boxes provide further background information A practical, high-quality planisphere (star-finder), pictured above, lets you identify the stars overhead at any given time on any day of the year Informative, clear, easy-to-use and lavishly illustrated, The Star Guide puts the Universe at your fingertips and lets you learn about the heavens through actual observation. 
Author Biography: ROBIN KERROD is an enthusiastic astronomer and space buff who travels the world to observe, photograph, and report on astronomical phenomena. A Fellow of the Royal Astronomical Society and the British Interplanetary Society, he is well known on both sides of the Atlantic for his books on astronomy, space, and the sciences, with more than 130 titles to his credit.

Star Guide

Astronomy & Space Science

MacMillan Publishing Company

Brief text and illustrations present the development of space travel from the launching of the first rockets and satellites to the space shuttle which could make living and working in space a common experience in the near future.

Living in space (Just look at--)

Rourke Enterprises

Introduces the various geographical and climate zones into which the animal world is divided, and describes each type of environment and the kinds of animals that live there

Animals Around the World (Prentice Hall World of Nature)

Macmillan General* Reference

An exciting new series, building into an extensive library of knowledge for tomorrow's young scientists. Lively and accessible, each of the 10 volumes focuses on a major area of scientific knowledge and draws the reader into the dynamic world of the modern scientist. * nearly 300 major articles in all, giving full coverage of the physical, chemical and biological sciences * accurate and up to date, covering the latest discoveries, events and ideas * expert authors capture the excitement of science * all text checked by specialist consultants * over 1300 illustrations - carefully selected photos and specially commissioned drawings and diagrams.

Young Oxford Library of Science

Children's Books

Education & Reference

Oxford University Press

This is one of a new series of large format, illustrated dictionaries for children of eight upwards. Alphabetical entries, allowing for quick word searches, combined with simple presentation and colourful artwork, diagrams, and photographs make these books easily accessible. Combined with full National Curriculum coverage for Key Stages one and two, this book provides children, parents, and teachers with a comprehensive easy reference source.

The Oxford Children's A to Z of Technology

Reference

The latest title in the popular, easy-to-use A to Z reference series for children contains full-page features on astronomy, space explorers, planets, satellites and stars, and provides detailed information on the latest space technology, the solar system, historic attempts at spaceexploration, and the first astronomers. Over 300 words and names are described in clear, simple language, together with full colour photographs and diagrams.

The Oxford Children's A to Z of Space

Materials (Young Oxford Library of Science)

Oxford University Press, USA

This is an exciting new series, building into an extensive library of knowledge for tomorrow's young scientists. Lively and accessible, each of the 10 volumes focuses on a major area of scientific knowledge and draws the reader into the dynamic world of the modern scientist. The features include: nearly 300 major articles in all, giving full coverage of the physical, chemical and biological sciences; accurate and up-to-date, covering the latest discoveries, events and ideas; expert authors capture the excitement of science; all text checked by specialist consultants; and over 1300 illustrations - carefully selected photos and specially commissioned drawings and diagrams.

Materials

Oxford Univ. Pr.

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