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Amazing Space Q & A
Fiction
- GenresScience
64 pages, Paperback
First published December 20, 2010
About the author
Mike Goldsmith
125 books23 followersDr. Mike Goldsmith studied the philosophy of time and space at Keele University, where he also obtained his PhD in astrophysics. He was formerly the head of Acoustics at the UK's National Physical Laboratory and is now an author of nonfiction books for children.
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May 1, 2016
"Everything you never knew about space."
Amazing Space Q & A has A LOT of information that is mainly set up in question and answer format, for example, "What would happen if you traveled to a black hole? Answer: On earth, you weigh a tiny bit less at the top of a mountain that at its base, because the top is a little farther from the center of the Earth, making the gravity pull slightly weaker there. If Earth were smaller but more massive, this change in gravity pull would be much larger that the part of your body nearest to the hole would be pulled very much more strongly that the rest of you, so you would be pulled apart."
The book has amazing pictures and diagrams for basically every bit of information. This book is for older readers like 5 or 6th grader and up. The background to all the pages of the book is black which makes the pictures stand out even more, the planets and the stars are popping out of the page.
Totally worth the read if you want to know more about space or are doing space as a lesson with your kids.
Amazing Space Q & A has A LOT of information that is mainly set up in question and answer format, for example, "What would happen if you traveled to a black hole? Answer: On earth, you weigh a tiny bit less at the top of a mountain that at its base, because the top is a little farther from the center of the Earth, making the gravity pull slightly weaker there. If Earth were smaller but more massive, this change in gravity pull would be much larger that the part of your body nearest to the hole would be pulled very much more strongly that the rest of you, so you would be pulled apart."
The book has amazing pictures and diagrams for basically every bit of information. This book is for older readers like 5 or 6th grader and up. The background to all the pages of the book is black which makes the pictures stand out even more, the planets and the stars are popping out of the page.
Totally worth the read if you want to know more about space or are doing space as a lesson with your kids.
April 8, 2013
-full page illustrations and images were my favorite. Illustrations and real images of space.
-Good design. Divided into chapters, ranging from the beginning of the Universe to other universes, with index in back matter as well.
-Does not have to be read straight through. Each page presents information in the form of several different questions and answers, as well as additional info. about pictures and illustrations
-Good design. Divided into chapters, ranging from the beginning of the Universe to other universes, with index in back matter as well.
-Does not have to be read straight through. Each page presents information in the form of several different questions and answers, as well as additional info. about pictures and illustrations
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