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Essential Atlas Of Astronomy
This good-looking, information-packed atlas has been designed with space-age skywatchers in mind. It's filled with full-color photos, sky charts, and vivid full-color art renditions of objects in outer space. Diagrams and illustrations explain the origins of the universe and our solar system. Photos taken from powerful telescopes capture visions of comets, nebulae, stars being born, distant galaxies, the surface of our Sun, and the earth's neighboring planets. The composition of the Earth, as well as other planets, is shown and discussed. Also shown and explained are both ancient and modern telescopes, including giant, state-of-the-art radiotelescopes located in various parts of the world. The book's final section shows and discusses the history of space exploration, starting with early twentieth-century experiments in rocket science, and extending to the international manned space station currently under construction. Here's a great volume for amateur astronomers of all ages, and a fine textbook supplement for high school science classes.
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Great Women Of India
A biography is an account of someone’s life – a portrayal of his or her work, struggles, triumphs, relationships, experiences, etc. “Quick Reference Biographies Omnibus – Great Women of the India” is a collection of biographies of some of the India’s great women. Indian women have always shown immense strength in the face of adversity. They stand for virtue and strong values. Indian women have excelled in fields as diverse as astronomy and singing. Indira Gandhi, Sonia Gandhi, Naina Lal Kidwai, Swati Piramal, Lata Mangeshkar, Kiran Mazumdar Shaw, Kalpana Chawla and Kiran Bedi are just a few of the many great Indian women whose life and times have been chronicled in this enlightening series. The use of simple language to convey interesting facts, makes reading these books a sheer delight, not only for children of all ages, but for adults as well.