The Sun: 12 (Spinning Through Space)

by Tim Furniss (Author)

• Used

  Paperback
  2000

  $8.74

  The Spinning through Space series aims to explore space through the Earth and the surrounding solar system. Each book contains measurements such as temperature, size and distance and has a section of how humans have explored the subject using different spacecraft. The topic web, notes for teachers, and further information help readers to explore further into space.

• Used

  Hardcover
  1999

  $3.28

  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.