Astronomy: Discoveries, Solar System, Stars, Universe - Hardcover

Stott, Carole

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 075345582X ISBN 13: 9780753455821

Publisher: Kingfisher, 2003

Synopsis

A panoramic look at astronomy, this book covers every aspect of the subject and chronicles the discoveries made by stargazers, from the ancient Egyptians and Aztecs to today's advanced space probes.

Crammed with authoritative information and interesting facts about everything from the birth of stars to the search for extraterrestrial life, this fascinating book offers children a broad perspective on their universe. Crisp, up-to-date photographs complement the text, while detailed captions and diagrams bring clarity to more complex concepts. There's information on how to identify familiar and unusual constellations as well as answers to the questions that have intrigued both children and great astronomers since the beginning of civilization.

About this title

About the Author

Carole Stott has written more than twenty books on astronomy and space and is a feature writer for the U.K. magazine Astronomy Now. Carole authored Kingfisher Knowledge: Stars and Planets, I Wonder Why Stars Twinkle and Other Questions About Space, and Astronomy, and she was a chapter contributor to The Kingfisher Science Encyclopedia. Before turning to full-time writing, she was curator and then the head of the observatory at the Royal Observatory in Greenwich, England.

From School Library Journal

Grade 4-6-Not so much an update of Martin Redfern's The Kingfisher Young People's Book of Space (Kingfisher, 1998) as a survey of the solar system and beyond for slightly younger or less-able readers, this volume combines small, sharp, color photos and larger artists' conceptions with easily digestible blocks of explanatory text. Focusing particularly on the history and tools of astronomy, from ancient views of how the universe works to types of telescope in use today, Stott groups the planets into "rock worlds," "ringed worlds," and smaller bodies, then looks past them all to the stars, constellations, and the stellar life cycle. Her information isn't particularly current-the most recent Mars probe she mentions, for instance, is 1997's Mars Pathfinder-and aside from an easy-to-miss quartet of Web sites, there are no leads to further sources. As a plethora of recent books covers similar territory, consider this one appealing, but supplementary.
John Peters, New York Public Library
Copyright 2003 Reed Business Information, Inc.

Edition details

• Publisher: Kingfisher
• Publication date: 2003
• ISBN 10: 075345582X
• ISBN 13: 9780753455821
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 63