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Gloria Skurzynski

This Is Rocket Science

True Stories of the Risk-taking Scientists who Figure Out Ways to Explore Beyond Earth

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..three, two, one... we have liftoff! From the award-winning author of Are We Alone? comes a title to propel young imaginations far into space. This Is Rocket Science explores the past, present, and future of space travel.The compelling text—vetted by NASA scientists—is a combination of history, science, human drama, and future challenges. Readers learn how fireworks in ancient China developed into the fire arrows used by Genghis Khan; we meet Sir Isaac Newton, Jules Verne, H.G. Wells, and learn how their imaginations shaped rocketry. We revisit the era of Sputnik, the satellite that launched a superpower space race, ending with moonwalks and… Mehr

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  • ISBN: 978-1-4263-0598-6
  • EAN: 9781426305986
  • Produktnummer: 5303830
  • Verlag: National Geographic
  • Sprache: Englisch
  • Erscheinungsjahr: 2010
  • Seitenangabe: 80 S.
  • Abbildungen: Farb. Abb.
  • Sonstiges: Ab 10 J.

Über den Autor


Gloria Skurzynski is an award-winning author who has written more than 50 children's books. Her nonfiction book Almost the Real Thing won the American Institute of Physics' Science Writing Award. She has also penned numerous works for National Geographic, including Are We Alone?, an IRA/CBC Young Adults' Choice for 2006. Skurzynski lives in Boise, Idaho.

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