Book
The Usborne first encyclopedia of space / Paul Dowswell ; designed by Keith Newell & Helen Wood ; illustrated by Gary Bines & David Hancock.
Provides information on telescopes, space travel, the planets of the solar system, stars, and related topics, and offers Internet addresses for further research.
Record details
- ISBN: 1580863574
- ISBN: 9781580863575
- ISBN: 0794500358 (paperback)
- ISBN: 9780794500351 (paperback)
- Physical Description: 64 pages : color illustrations ; 28 cm
- Publisher: [United States? : Penworthy], 2001.
Content descriptions
| General Note: | Originally published: London : Usborne, 2001. Includes index. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | Amazing space -- Moving sky -- Telescopes -- Radio telescopes -- Trips into space -- Astronaut training -- Walk in space -- Living in space -- Dangers and disasters -- Satellites and space probes -- Into the future -- Is anyone out there? -- What's in our solar system? -- Moon -- Sun -- Mercury and Venus -- Mars -- Jupiter and Saturn -- Uranus and Neptune -- Pluto and beyond -- Bits and pieces -- Universe -- Distant suns -- Star's life -- Galaxies -- Weird and wonderful -- Looking at the night sky -- Binoculars and telescopes -- Space words. |
Search for related items by subject
| Subject: | Space flight. Telescopes. Planets. Solar system Stars. Astronaut training. Outer space > Encyclopedias, Juvenile. |
| Genre: | Juvenile works Encyclopedias. |
Available copies
- 1 of 1 copy available at scottsboropl.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| scottsboropl | E 520.3 Dow | 32269000717408 | Juvenile - Easy NonFiction | Available | - |
