INFINITY Star : FROM BIRTH TO BLACK HOLE /
ALAN DYER ; illustrators Mark A. Garlick, Steven Hobbs, Peter Bull Art Studio, Roger Stewart
- 64 pages : colour illustrations (chiefly color), chart ; 28 cm x 25 cm + 1 CD-ROM
Book is accompanied one audio dics (CD-ROM) and available at Multimedia Unit Includes index
Pop-up chart, The big bang, inside front cover. CD-ROM in pocket inside back cover. Produced by 3RDsense. [England] : Weldon Owen, c2011. 8-page graphic novel, The trial of Galileo, attached to p. 64. "Features amazing digital artwork, multi-view pages, a pop-up and an 8-page graphic novel"--Cover.
What is a star? -- Star life and death -- Gas and dust nebulas -- Coloured dwarfs -- Giants and supergiants -- Exploding supernovas -- Single star -- Twos and threes -- Star clusters -- Vast galaxies -- The milky way -- The local group -- Early astronomers -- Star patters constellations -- Captain James Cook, celestial navigator -- Observatories and telescopes -- Star watching in space -- Far and near -- Star mysteries -- Reading a star map -- Star facts.
The Infinity series brings the world of non-fiction to life, with a detailed look at some of the world's most popular subjects In Star - discover how stars are born and how they die, peer into a nebula, witness an exploading supernova, and learn how to interpret star patterns
9781848771994 RM27.90
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