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Astronomy General Interest
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The Solar System |
Skywatching |
Space Pictures |
General Interest
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Starry Messenger (1997 Caldecott Honor Book), by Peter Sis
The story of Galileo is at
once inspiring and troubling. The brilliant
astronomer was a
celebrated scientist who was showered with honors
and patronage until his greatest
discovery, that the earth circled the sun rather
than the other way around, proved to
be too much of a threat to prevailing
orthodoxy. Peter Sis, author of the wonderful
children's book Follow the Dream: The Story of
Christopher Columbus, tells
Galileo's tale for children aged 6 and older. A
brilliant and sophisticated illustrator
and a sensitive storyteller, he traces Galileo's
life from childhood to his final days as a
prisoner of the church. [review, amazon.com]
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A Man on the Moon : The Voyages of the Apollo Astronauts, by Andrew Chaikin, Tom Hanks
A decade in the making, this book
is based on hundreds of hours of in-depth
interviews with each of the twenty-four moon
voyagers, as well as those who
contributed their brain power, training and
teamwork on Earth. In his preface Chaikin
writes, "We touched the face of another world and
became a people without limits."
What follows are thrilling accounts of such
remarkable experiences as the rush of a
liftoff, the heart-stopping touchdown on the moon,
the final hurdle of re-entry,
competition for a seat on a moon flight, the
tragic spacecraft fire, and the search for
clues to the origin of the solar system on the
slopes of lunar mountains. [review, amazon.com]
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A Brief History of Time : From the Big Bang to Black Holes, by Stephen W. Hawking, Carl Sagan, Ron Miller
Was there a beginning of
time? Will there be an end? In this landmark
volume,
Professor Hawking shares his blazing intellect
with nonscientists everywhere, guiding
us to confront the supreme questions of the nature
of time and the universe. Hawking,
who has earned an international reputation as the
most brilliant theoretical physicist
since Einstein, shares the story of his ultimate
quest for knowledge. [synopsis, amazon.com]
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Why Aren't Black Holes Black? : The Unanswered Questions at the
Frontiers of Science, by Robert M. Hazen, Maxine Singer, Stephen Jay Gould
In the bestselling tradition
of Why Do Clocks Run Clockwise, two renowned
scientists take readers behind the scenes, into
the worlds of chemistry, physics, earth
science, and biochemistry, to explore the
unanswered questions of science--and the
relentless, coordinated efforts to bring those
secrets to light. [synopsis, amazon.com]
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Stairways to the Stars : Skywatching in Three Great Ancient Cultures, by Anthony F. Aveni
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The Shape of Space, by Jeffrey R. Weeks
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