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9781609922443

Galaxies and the Runaway Universe

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  • ISBN13:

    9781609922443

  • ISBN10:

    1609922441

  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 2012-01-07
  • Publisher: words & pictures
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Summary

Feed and delight young scientific minds with this contemporary series. With an exploratory, dynamic approach to astronomy, these books investigate key areas of our beautiful universe in a clear and concise way. Budding astronomers will be astonished by the enthralling and up-to-date facts and theories.

Author Biography

Raman Prinja has written several successful general-interest books on astronomy and is keen to bring the subject of astronomy to a wider audience. He is currently Professor of Astrophysics at University College London. Raman is the author of Science Crazy, which won the Children's Choice School Library Association Information Book Aware 2013 for the category 7-12 year olds.

Table of Contents

Welcome to the Milky Wayp. 4
Galaxy All-Sortsp. 6
Activity: Build Your Own Milky Wayp. 8
Mapping the universep. 10
Cosmic Crashesp. 12
Activity: Galaxies in a cupp. 14
How Did it Began?p. 16
Activity: Timeline of the Universep. 18
Everything is Flying Apartp. 20
Activity: Balloon Universep. 22
The Dark Side of the Universep. 24
Fate of the Universep. 26
Really Cool Stuff About Galaxies and the Universep. 28
Top Ten Galaxy facts/Websitesp. 30
Glossaryp. 31
Indexp. 32
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