Bibliograph

Understanding the universe, [writers, Nathalie Fredette, Claude Lafleur ; translation, Kathe Roth]

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Understanding the universe, [writers, Nathalie Fredette, Claude Lafleur ; translation, Kathe Roth]

Language

eng

Abstract

The Visual Guides series answers the most important questions on topics that fascinate everyone through a series of videos and animations: weather, the human body, the Earth, the universe and plants. It provides images of natural phenomena and explanations of fundamental concepts, and features the very latest discoveries in these areas

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Understanding the universe

Nature of contents

dictionaries

Oclc number

862057564

Responsibility statement

[writers, Nathalie Fredette, Claude Lafleur ; translation, Kathe Roth]

Series statement

Visual guides

Table Of Contents

THE STRUCTURE OF THE UNIVERSE. The Big Bang -- The size of the Universe -- The galaxies -- Galactic clusters -- The Milky Way -- Active galaxies --THE STARS. Origin and classification of stars -- Low-mass stars -- Massive stars -- Black holes -- Star clusters -- The constellations --THE SOLAR SYSTEM. The structure of the solar system -- The Sun -- The asteroids -- Comets --THE PLANETS OF THE SOLAR SYSTEM. Mercury -- Venus -- Earth -- Mars -- Jupiter -- Saturn -- Uranus -- Neptune --EARTH AND THE MOON. The origin of Earth -- The magnetosphere -- Earth's atmosphere -- Geographical and celestial coordinates -- The seasons -- The Moon -- Eclipses -- Meteorites --ASTRONOMICAL OBSERVATION. The electromagnetic spectrum -- Telescopes -- Astronomical observatories -- The Hubble Space Telescope -- Radio telescopes -- Extrasolar planets --SPACE EXPLORATION. Surrounding Earth -- Space probes -- Exploration of the Moon -- Exploration of Mars -- Exploration of the Solar System

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