Under The Stars: Astrophysics For Everyone
Under the Stars: Astrophysics for Everyone was awarded the 2022 Nautilus Silver award for 'Children's Illustrated (Non—fiction) Book', shortlisted for the 2021 Young People's Book Prize by the Royal Society, awarded the Finalist Award for 'Children's Picture Book (Non—fiction)' for the Next Generation Indie Book Awards 2021, and was the winner of the Singapore Book Awards 2021 'Best Education Title'.Under the Stars: Astrophysics for Everyone transports curious kids and inquisitive adults on an incredible journey through the night sky. Explore our solar system from the comfort of your cosy bedroom. Find out why the sky is blue. Fly around a black hole and peer inside! Learn why Jupiter has stripes.When astrophysicist Lisa Harvey—Smith isn't looking skyward, she is answering the smart questions of school kids. Her engaging storytelling in this colourfully illustrated book brings the night sky to life, giving amazing new perspectives to young explorers who are always asking, 'Why?'
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Under The Stars: Astrophysics For Everyone
Under the Stars: Astrophysics for Everyone was awarded the 2022 Nautilus Silver award for 'Children's Illustrated (Non—fiction) Book', shortlisted for the 2021 Young People's Book Prize by the Royal Society, awarded the Finalist Award for 'Children's Picture Book (Non—fiction)' for the Next Generation Indie Book Awards 2021, and was the winner of the Singapore Book Awards 2021 'Best Education Title'.Under the Stars: Astrophysics for Everyone transports curious kids and inquisitive adults on an incredible journey through the night sky. Explore our solar system from the comfort of your cosy bedroom. Find out why the sky is blue. Fly around a black hole and peer inside! Learn why Jupiter has stripes.When astrophysicist Lisa Harvey—Smith isn't looking skyward, she is answering the smart questions of school kids. Her engaging storytelling in this colourfully illustrated book brings the night sky to life, giving amazing new perspectives to young explorers who are always asking, 'Why?'
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Under The Stars: Astrophysics For Everyone

Under The Stars: Astrophysics For Everyone

by Lisa Harvey-smith
Under The Stars: Astrophysics For Everyone

Under The Stars: Astrophysics For Everyone

by Lisa Harvey-smith

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Under the Stars: Astrophysics for Everyone was awarded the 2022 Nautilus Silver award for 'Children's Illustrated (Non—fiction) Book', shortlisted for the 2021 Young People's Book Prize by the Royal Society, awarded the Finalist Award for 'Children's Picture Book (Non—fiction)' for the Next Generation Indie Book Awards 2021, and was the winner of the Singapore Book Awards 2021 'Best Education Title'.Under the Stars: Astrophysics for Everyone transports curious kids and inquisitive adults on an incredible journey through the night sky. Explore our solar system from the comfort of your cosy bedroom. Find out why the sky is blue. Fly around a black hole and peer inside! Learn why Jupiter has stripes.When astrophysicist Lisa Harvey—Smith isn't looking skyward, she is answering the smart questions of school kids. Her engaging storytelling in this colourfully illustrated book brings the night sky to life, giving amazing new perspectives to young explorers who are always asking, 'Why?'

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9789811217692
Publisher: Co-published With Ws Education (Children's)
Publication date: 04/28/2020
Pages: 192
Product dimensions: 5.90(w) x 9.10(h) x 0.90(d)
Age Range: 8 - 12 Years

Table of Contents

Introduction viii

The Earth

Why Is the Sky Blue? 3

How Astronauts Make Shooting Stars 7

Rainbows-Nature's Lightshow 11

Starry Starry Night 15

Where Does Space Begin? 19

Why the Wind Blows 23

The Upside-Down World of Telescopes 27

The Wonky Reason for Seasons 31

Constellations-Shapes in the Stars 35

Counting Down to a Launch 39

The People Who Study Outer Space 43

How Your Eyes Make Stargazing Extraordinary 45

The Problem of Space Junk 49

The Ever-Spinning Earth 53

Comets-The Hairy Stars of Doom 55

Gravity Keeps Us Grounded 59

Life on a Space Station 61

Stopping Cosmic Rays 65

Real Rocket Science 69

The Solar System

Our Very Own Star 75

Mercury-The Planet that Hugs the Sun 79

Venus-Cloudy with a Chance of Acid 83

The Earth and the Sun-The Best of Friends 87

Seeing Red on Mars 91

How Jupiter Got Its Stripes 95

Saturn Has a Nice Ring to It 99

Uranus Is Full of Gas 103

Neptune-The Unseen Planet 107

The Dark World of Pluto 111

Asteroid Belts and Icy Clouds 113

How Much Would You Weigh on Other Planets? 117

The Secret Life of the Sun 121

Extrasolar Space

Pulsars-The Incredible Spinning Stars 127

Is There Life on Other Planets? 131

A Guide to Spotting Exoplanets 135

Supernova! When Stars Explode 139

The Biggest Star in the Sky 143

How Does a Star Become a Black Hole? 147

The Milky Way

Our Galaxy-Countless Stars 153

Supermassive-Visiting a Black Hole 157

The Universe

Travelling at the Speed of Light 163

Why Do Quasars Shine So Bright? 167

The Big Bang Theory 171

Surfing Gravitational Waves 175

How Big Is the Universe? 177

Further Exploring 180

Acknowledgements 181

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