Venus - Hardcover

Simon, Seymour

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0688105424 ISBN 13: 9780688105426

Publisher: William Morrow & Co, 1992

Synopsis

Describes the movements and physical features of the planet Venus and recent findings about its climate and surface

About this title

About the Author:

Seymour Simon is the author of over one hundred science books for children. His many award-winning books include Icebergs and Glaciers, a New York Academy of Sciences Children's Book Award winner, as well as Storms, Volcanoes, Earthquakes, Mountains, and many books about the solar system. Mr. Simon is the recipient of the Washington Post/Children's Book Guild Award for Nonfiction for the body of his work. He lives in Great Neck, New York.

From Kirkus Reviews:

In the same large, square format as Simon's earlier books on other planets, a clear, concise text draws on the latest findings and the best of recent color photos. Venus has her special charms--the hottest planet in the solar system, covered with clouds of sulphuric acid, with bizarre surface details--all emerging from photos and radar maps taken from earlier Russian expeditions and NASA's Magellan spacecraft, which is still orbiting Venus. Our sister planet? Not even human siblings exhibit such diversity, and why this is so is an intriguing puzzle. Simultaneously published: Mercury, an equally fine contribution to science collections (though, like the planet itself, less bulky--only 24 pages). (Nonfiction. 9+) -- Copyright ©1992, Kirkus Associates, LP. All rights reserved.

About this edition

• Publisher: William Morrow & Co
• Publication date: 1992
• ISBN 10: 0688105424
• ISBN 13: 9780688105426
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 1