Mitton, Jacqueline
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Publisher / Publication Date: 1996
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Summary: Explores the possibility of life on other planets, covering such topics as our exploration of space, reports of UFO sightings and alien abductions, and famous extraterrestrials from movies and television.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Candelewick Press 2000
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Summary: Provides illustrations and facts about the planets in the Solar System, each including comparisons between the planet and the god for which it was named.
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Publisher / Publication Date: National Geographic Society 2001
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Summary: Presents facts about stars, nebulas, galaxies, and constellations and recounts the Greek myths that provided widely-known names for ten constellations, from Andromeda to Pegasus.
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Publisher / Publication Date: National Geographic 2003
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Summary: Brilliantly colored paintings illustrate this introduction to constellations and the animals which ancient stargazers imagined as they made their observations of the night sky.
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Publisher / Publication Date: National Geographic Society 1998
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Summary: An introduction to the planets of the solar system describes the unique characteristics of each planet and compares them to the ancient gods and goddesses who are their namesakes.
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Publisher / Publication Date: National Geographic 2008
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Summary: Offers a factual astronomical guide to the zodiac and the celestial phenomena and ancient myths in which the zodiac tradition is rooted.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Frances Lincoln 2007
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Summary: Tells the story of how the celestial objects that make up the solar system arose from common beginnings billions of years ago, and how scientists and philosophers have sought to unravel this mystery down through the centuries, piecing together the clues that enabled them to deduce the solar system's layout, its age, and the likely way it formed.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 523.2 CHASummary: An essential guide to milestone developments in astronomy, telling the story of our ideas about space, time, and the physics of the cosmos--from ancient times to the present day. From planets and stars to black holes and the Big Bang, take a journey through the wonders of the universe. Featuring topics from the Copernican Revolution to the mind-boggling theories of recent science, The...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Dk Publishing 2017