books about: astronomy     books:     Astronomy      There's No Place Like Space: All About Our Solar System (Cat in the Hat's Lrning Libry) Tish Rabe Random House Books for Young Readers, 1999 Inexplicably fun My son sees this book at his doctor's office and begged for his own copy. He's usually a truck guy, so I don't understand his attraction to this book, but he definitely strongly likes it. And, heck, there's no harm in him learning the names of planets and a bit about ...             The Fabric of the Cosmos: Space, Time, and the Texture of Reality Brian Greene Vintage, 2005 Get this one if you have not read The Elegant Universe... The negative reviews say that there's not much that's new in this book (over and above what was in The Elegant Universe.) As I have not read The Elegant Universe, I find this book most wonderful: in the first 100 pages alone, you learn all you wanted to know about ...             Fancy Nancy Sees Stars (I Can Read Book 1) Jane O'connor HarperTrophy, 2008 Nancy absolutely adores stars. She loves how they sparkle in the sky, and she can even name the constellations. Nancy can hardly wait for her class visit to the planetarium! Young readers will delight in this newest addition to the Fancy Nancy I Can Read series, sharing in Nancy's anticipation and disappointment when the trip doesn't go as ...             The Elegant Universe: Superstrings, Hidden Dimensions, and the Quest for the Ultimate Theory Brian Greene Vintage, 2000 Elegant Theory for an Inelegant Universe Brian Greene provides an excellent introduction to the topic of superstring theory, its history and evolution; its current status, achievements and obstacles; and its areas of focus for future study. The book is written for the layman, in a style that is honest, clear ...             A Short History of Nearly Everything Bill Bryson Broadway, 2004 like drinking out of a fire hose Great book with broad coverage of history and science. not a quick read. You need to have your brain awake and engaged while reading.             A Briefer History of Time Stephen Hawking, Leonard Mlodinow Bantam, 2008 Non-Fiction for Science Fiction Lovers Excellent presentation of complex scientific theories. Stephen Hawking knows how to extract core principals and shape them into digestible morsels for his readers to consume and enjoy. The material is an update from his earlier Brief History of Time, and has the same ...             A Brief History of Time Stephen Hawking Bantam, 1998 Informative, fascinating, highly readable A fascinating, non-technical explanation of the modern concepts of theoretical physics. Full of wonder and surprise...makes us look at the world and universe with a fresh pair of eyes. A modern classic.             The Black Hole War: My Battle with Stephen Hawking to Make the World Safe for Quantum Mechanics Leonard Susskind Little, Brown and Company, 2008 A new rewiring of the brain of physicsts This book tells the story of the "battle" between the author and Stephen Hawking regarding the latter claim that information is irretrievably lost in black holes. This story is the extraordinary account of the paradigm shift that has occurred in physics in the last 25 ...             The Magic School Bus Lost In The Solar System (Magic School Bus) Joanna Cole Scholastic Press, 1992 great book! My 5yr old son is a huge fan of Magic School Bus series. Especially, Solat system and human body are his favorite among them. He memorizes the order of all the plantes in the Solar system. Draw pictures about it and make planets with playdough. Great book!             The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark Carl Sagan, Ann Druyan Ballantine Books, 1997 Changed my live and views! I love you Carl! This one book helped me to reject 9 years worth of silly occult beliefs. I suppose I didn't 100% believe them, but they were things I wanted to believe. I knew that this book would change me and for awhile I was even nervous to read it, but a few months ago, my time ...             Fingerprints of the Gods Graham Hancock Three Rivers Press, 1996 cmr if you read the Underworld you must read Finger Prints of the Gods. Both of the books are great. I recommend them highly.             Hubble: Imaging Space and Time David Devorkin, Robert Smith National Geographic, 2008 In the spirit of National Geographic?s top-selling Orbit, this large-format, full-color volume stands alone in revealing more than 200 of the most spectacular images from the Hubble Space Telescope during its lifetime, to the very eve of the 2008 final shuttle mission to the telescope. Written by two of the world?s foremost authorities on space ...             The Moon Seems to Change (Let's-Read-and-Find-Out Science 2) Franklyn M. Branley HarperTrophy, 1987 The Moon Seems to Change I am a second grade teacher and this book enriched our textbook wonderfully. The illustrations and text were easy for the children to understand (and even taught me a few things as well!) We read several of Franklyn M. Branley's books during our year, but this one ...             The Planets in Our Solar System (Let's-Read-and-Find-Out Science, Stage 2) Franklyn M. Branley HarperTrophy, 1998 Excellent Introduction for Younger Kids This is an excellent overview of our solar system. It has great engaging illustrations with enough little "gems" to find on every page (Shrodinger's Cat for instance). This book introduces young children to a more detaialed look at our Solar System and with specific ...             What Makes Day and Night (Let's-Read-and-Find-Out Science 2) Franklyn M. Branley HarperTrophy, 1986 Very good early elementary science book If your child is interested in science, they will enjoy this book. It combines colorful drawings with actual photographs to explane the earth's rotation in a simple, understandable way. It is also a part of the Harcourt reading series for second grade, and a ...          products you might be interested in search for books demon-haunted, dimensions, everything, fingerprints, s-read-and-find-out, superstrings      toavi.com    web we recommend like drinking out of a fire hose randomly chosen book: PresentationZen