The Fantastic Cutaway Book of Spacecraft - Softcover

Hawkes, Nigel

 
9781562949358: The Fantastic Cutaway Book of Spacecraft
Softcover
ISBN 10: 1562949357 ISBN 13: 9781562949358
Publisher: Copper Beech Books, 1995

Synopsis

Cutaway illustrations and text reveal how the space shuttle and other spacecraft work and what astronauts do in space

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Reviews

Grade 3-6-Seventeen topics, ranging from V-2 rockets to lunar landers, manned maneuvering units, the Hubble telescope, and even a possible manned Mars lander, are briefly covered in a series of two-page spreads. Full-color and black-and-white drawings and photographs of the various machines are scattered across the pages and surrounded by text that provides only limited facts. The oversized format and the colorful pages will attract browsers, but students will have to look elsewhere for real information. Fans of cutaway illustrations will also be disappointed, as Pang's pale in comparison to Stephen Biesty's work, such as Incredible Cross Sections (Knopf, 1992). Most libraries already have books that provide more material on various manned space missions, including the shuttle flights, while Richard Maurer's Rocket! (Crown, 1995) gives readers a much better idea of how rockets work and how they have developed over time. Fantastic Hawkes's title isn't; it will catch the eye, but it's show without any substance.
Elaine Fort Weischedel, Turner Free Library, Randolph, MA
Copyright 1996 Reed Business Information, Inc.

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Publisher
Copper Beech Books
Publication date
1995
Language
English
ISBN 10 
1562949357
ISBN 13 
9781562949358
Binding
Paperback
Illustrator
Pang Alex
Number of pages
40