Ron Miller
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 7.8 - AR Pts: 3
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1040L
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English
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"This title shows how a group of European scientists, in the span of roughly one hundred and fifty years (early 1500s to the mid-1600s) and working through direct observation, overturned the centuries' old accepted view of a geocentric universe. Through their research and writings, they proposed and described a new order of things in which the Earth orbits the Sun. In so doing, these scientists--Nicolaus Copernicus, Johannes Kepler, Tycho Brahe, Galileo...
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Thousands of years ago, humans believed that Earth was the center of the universe, that the world they lived on was all there was. Truthfully, the solar system extends almost halfway to the nearest star. And it is composed of not only planets, asteroids, and comets, but also powerful forces and vast fields of energy. This is our solar system’s big backyard.
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For centuries, astronomers have placed a special interest on the other planets of the solar system. But with the advent of spacecraft and the tremendous missions undertaken by the Voyager and Cassini probes, astronomers have discovered that the natural satellites of the planets-the solar system's moons-are some of the most extraordinary places imaginable. There are moons with towering geysers, erupting volcanoes, and subterranean oceans of warm, mineral-rich...
6) Cleopatra
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Chelsea House Publishers
Pub. Date
[2008]
Physical Desc
108 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 25 cm.
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English
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Reveals Cleopatra to be a woman who used her great intelligence, imagination, personality, and indomitable drive in a tragic attempt to restore Egypt to the greatness it had known under the great pharaohs of old.
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"In this book, we'll explore seven wonders beyond the solar system. We'll look at giant clouds of gas and dust called nebulae. Some nebulae are places where stars are born. Other nebulae are all that remains of stars that have died. Other wonders beyond the solar system include pulsing stars, giant stars, and giant clusters of stars called galaxies. We'll visit them all. And we'll explore the age-old question: Does the universe have any other planets...
8) Mars
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English
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Chronicles the discovery and explorations of the planet Mars and discusses each of its moons, its place in the solar system, and more.
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English
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"Uncover seven wonders of the four rocky planets. From Mercury, we'll watch the Sun appear to perform wild acrobatics. We'll also explore Venus, a planet full of puzzles and beauty. On Mars, we'll visit the tallest mountain and the deepest canyon of all the planets. This planet has hints of water that may be the key to identifying life forms on other planets."--Amazon.com.
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Twenty-First Century Books
Pub. Date
[2006]
Physical Desc
135 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 27 cm
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English
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Discusses the history of the periodic table of the elements, includes biographies of major figures in the field of chemistry, and provides information on each element.
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Zenith Press
Pub. Date
2014.
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224 pages : color illustrations ; 29 cm
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English
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Five chapters--focused on our solar system, the universe beyond, space travel, space colonies, and alien life--delve into the history and real-life technology behind these artistic representations.
14) The zoomable universe: an epic tour through cosmic scale, from almost everything to nearly nothing
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Scientific American/Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Pub. Date
2017.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
xi, 206 pages : color illustrations ; 25 cm
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English
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In The Zoomable Universe, the award-winning astrobiologist Caleb Scharf and the acclaimed artist Ron Miller take us on an epic tour through all known scales of reality, from the largest possible magnitude to the smallest. Drawing on cutting-edge science, they begin at the limits of the observable universe, a scale spanning 10^27 metersabout 93 billion light-years. And they end in the subatomic realm, at 10^-35 meters, where the fabric of space-time...