The Astronomy Book
Product Description
The Astronomy Book
by Dr. Jonathan Henry
80 page harcover
ISBN 0890512507
Retail Price: $15.99
The second book in the highly successful “Wonders of Creation” series (following The Weather Book), The Astronomy Book soars through the solar system targeting middle-school through junior-high levels. The reader will acquire a wealth of knowledge on subjects such as supernovas, red shift, facts about planets, and much more. Enhanced with dozens of color photos and illustrations (including NASA shots), this book gives educators and students a Christian-based look at the awesomeness of the heavens.
The Astronomy Book will teach you:
• What long-ago astronomers thought about other worlds.
• Solar system facts.
• How constellations relate to astrology.
• The history of space exploration.
• Black holes—do they exist?
• The origin and age of the moon.
• Why Mars doesn’t support life.
• The composition of stars, supernova remnants, and the myth of star birth.
• Asteroid legends and the extinction of the dinosaurs.
• Are there planets outside our solar system, and could they be home to intelligent life?
• What are UFOs?
• The age of comets and meteor showers.
by Dr. Jonathan Henry
80 page harcover
ISBN 0890512507
Retail Price: $15.99
The second book in the highly successful “Wonders of Creation” series (following The Weather Book), The Astronomy Book soars through the solar system targeting middle-school through junior-high levels. The reader will acquire a wealth of knowledge on subjects such as supernovas, red shift, facts about planets, and much more. Enhanced with dozens of color photos and illustrations (including NASA shots), this book gives educators and students a Christian-based look at the awesomeness of the heavens.
The Astronomy Book will teach you:
• What long-ago astronomers thought about other worlds.
• Solar system facts.
• How constellations relate to astrology.
• The history of space exploration.
• Black holes—do they exist?
• The origin and age of the moon.
• Why Mars doesn’t support life.
• The composition of stars, supernova remnants, and the myth of star birth.
• Asteroid legends and the extinction of the dinosaurs.
• Are there planets outside our solar system, and could they be home to intelligent life?
• What are UFOs?
• The age of comets and meteor showers.
