DK The Astronomy Book: Big Ideas Simply Explained

It’s written in the style of school books, chapter by chapter, I think if you’re person who doesn’t have a problem to jump through pages and skip some, then you can find what you need

Book is very useful and colorful to keep the kids engrossed.

I Would like to recomended this book for beginger, who wants to beacome a astrophotographer.

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Fue un regalo para mi hijo y está súper encantando. Ha aprendido muchísimas cosas gracias a este libro, es su favorito!!!

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Looking for a gift book for a curious 7th-grader? A high-schooler who likes science? An adult who likes to look at the sky? Someone (maybe yourself) who has never understood why Pluto got 'demoted', how we know there was a Big Bang, or what the heck gravity waves are? This latest fact-filled, picture-rich, and accessible to most everyone volume from Dorling Kindersley Ltd. (Great Britain) is a sure-fire winner in every respect.Having taught science for 38 years at levels from middle school through college, I can tell when a science-related volume hits the mark with both its content's "reach" and its presentation. As with DK's 2014 Science Book, the on-point text is augmented with simple flow charts, full-color illustrations, links to related topics, and lots of brief bios about the people who spent years discovering what is presented.Also noteworthy... this volume contains several longish biographies of women astronomers like: Jocelyn Bell Burnell, Annie Jump Cannon, Margaret Geller, Henrietta Swan Leavitt, Cecilia Payne-Gaposchin, Vera Rubin, and Beatrice Tinsley.The contributors are experienced in science book writing and in astronomy to the degree necessary in order to pull off the task of communicating both simple and challenging ideas to a wide variety of potential readers.

I had bought The Astronomy Book, The Ecology Book & The Science Book for my 12 year old son and haven't seen him without one of it in his hands since then! It does speak volumes about all three books. Separately I had also bought Heads Up Money by DK for my 16 year old daughter. It is also a gem.