Pluto's Secret , livre ebook

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2013

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Weitekamp Margaret

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Date de parution

12 mars 2013

EAN13

9781613124963

Langue

English

Poids de l'ouvrage

4 Mo

People, children especially, have been baffled, bewildered, and even outraged by the fact that Pluto is no longer called a planet. Through whimsical artwork and an entertaining dialogue format, Plutos Secret explains the true story of this distant world. Providing a history of the small, icy world from its discovery and naming to its recent reclassification, this book presents a fascinating look at how scientists organize and classify our solar system as they gain new insights into how it works and what types of things exist within it. The book includes a glossary and bibliography. Praise for Pluto's Secret "Pairing a lighthearted narrative in a hand-letteredstyle typeface with informally drawn cartoon illustrations, this lively tale of astronomical revelations begins with the search for Planet X. Kirkus Reviews "This picture book offers a fresh, positive perspective on Pluto, showing that its change of status is not a demotion but a correction." Booklist "Light-hearted imagining of a gregarious Pluto. Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books "Fun reading The book provides a factual history of our faraway 'dwarf,' and on its companion icy worlds, and on the discovery of Kuiper-like bands around other stars." School Library Journal Award New York Public Librarys annual Childrens Books list: 100 Titles for Reading and Sharing 2013

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Publié par

ABRAMS BOOKS

Date de parution

12 mars 2013

EAN13

9781613124963

Langue

English

Poids de l'ouvrage

4 Mo

Picture book

What exactly is Pluto? What secrets does it possess?
People have been baffled, bewildered, and even outraged by the fact that Pluto is no longer called a planet. Who made this decision and why? If not a planet, then what is Pluto? Through whimsical artwork and an entertaining story, Pluto s Secret introduces readers to this ever-popular icy world, from its discovery and naming to its recent reclassification.
Published in association with the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum, Pluto s Secret presents a fascinating look at how scientists organize and classify our solar system. As they learn more about how it works and what types of things exist within it, scientists are constantly having to rethink how we see and understand things.
By Margaret A. Weitekamp with David DeVorkin
Illustrated by Diane Kidd
Published in association with the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum
Abrams Books for Young Readers, New York
Sun
Mercury
Venus
Earth
Mars
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Pluto
Jupiter
Saturn
Uranus
Neptune
F or as long as the solar system has been the solar system, and Earth has been Earth . . .
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Sun
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. . . there has been a little icy world circling the sun, farther away than any of the planets. This icy world had a secret-a clue about something that exists in the solar system and the universe. But for a long time, no one on Earth could see this icy world. It was too far away and not bright enough to be seen in the sky. And so no one learned its secret.
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