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Astrophysics for young people in a hurry / Neil deGrasse Tyson ; with Gregory Mone.

Tyson, Neil deGrasse, (author.). Mone, Gregory, (author.).

Summary:

America's most celebrated astrophysicist invites young readers to explore the mysteries of the universe.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9780393356519
  • ISBN: 0393356515
  • Physical Description: 1 online resource (176 pages) : chiefly color illustrations.
  • Publisher: New York, N.Y. : Norton Young Readers, an imprint of W.W. Norton & Company, [2019]

Content descriptions

General Note:
Includes index.
Formatted Contents Note:
Prologue -- The greatest story ever told -- How to communicate with aliens -- Let there be light -- Between the galaxies -- Dark matter -- Dark energy -- My favorite elements -- Why the world is round -- The invisible universe -- Around our solar neighborhood -- What Earth would look like to an alien -- Looking up, thinking big -- Glossary.
Target Audience Note:
Age 8-12.
Source of Description Note:
Print version record.
Subject: Astrophysics > Juvenile literature.
Cosmology > Juvenile literature.
Universe > Juvenile literature.
Space and time > Juvenile literature.
Astrophysics.
Cosmology.
Space and time.
Universe.
Astrophysics.
Cosmology.
Universe.
Space and time.
JUVENILE NONFICTION / Science & Nature / Astronomy.
JUVENILE NONFICTION / Science & Nature / Discoveries.
JUVENILE NONFICTION / Science & Nature / Physics.
JUVENILE NONFICTION / Technology / Aeronautics, Astronautics & Space Science.
Genre: Nonfiction.
Electronic books.
Juvenile works.
Electronic books.

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