The Sun
Tim Furniss(Author)
Hodder Wayland (Publisher)
Published on 30. June 1999
Book
Hardback
32 pages
978-0-7502-2407-9 (ISBN)
Description
This book explains the sun's position in the solar system and its importance to Earth. Shadows, hours of daylight and night, eclipses and different facts about the Sun's make up are expanded upon. It is part of a series, which takes a view of space from the Earth's surface giving space a dimension that the reader can follow easily whilst gaining a sense of distance and history. The simple sciences of space are described within the context of each book.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Hachette Children's Group
Target group
Primary & secondary/elementary & high school
Children/juvenile
Illustrations
30 colour photographs, 5 diagrams
Dimensions
Height: 10 mm
Width: 225 mm
Thickness: 274 mm
Weight
371 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-7502-2407-9 (9780750224079)
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Person
Tim Furniss is a spaceflight writer and consultant. He has been interested in space and its secrets since he was a boy. He is spaceflight correspondent of 'Flight International' - the UK's international aerospace weekly magazine.