East Baton Rouge Parish Library

Space exploration, written by Carole Stott ; photographed by Steve Gorton

eng

Here is a spectacular, thought-provoking and highly informative guide to the fascinating story of the Earth. Superb, full-color photography of geological equipment, rocks, minerals and 3-D models reveals the ideas and discoveries that have changed our understanding of the world in which we live. See how glaciers create fjords, how beaches are shaped, where Africa is splitting apart along the Rift Valley, ocean-floor volcanoes, the atmosphere from space, the elements in the Earth's crust, and an exploded volcano. Learn how earthquakes are recorded, how the Grand Canyon was formed, about plate tectonics, how rock minerals are changed by weathering, how much of the Earth's surface is covered by water, and where icebergs originate. Discover the age of the Earth, how the ocean floor is mapped, how to sieve fossils from sea floor sediments, how garden snails provided a clue to the continental drift theory, what gases make up the atmosphere, and much, much more!

illustrations

no index present

non fiction

Space exploration

dictionaries

826658623

written by Carole Stott ; photographed by Steve Gorton

DK eyewitness books

Dreams of space -- What is space? -- Space nations -- Rocket science -- Reusable rocket -- The race for space -- Space travelers -- Man on the Moon -- How to be an astronaut -- Astronaut fashion -- Living in space -- Astronauts at work -- Rest and play -- Danger and disaster -- Space stations -- Science without gravity -- Testing equipment -- Lonely explorers -- In-depth investigators -- Landers and discoverers -- Crowded space -- Looking at Earth -- Looking into space -- Spin-offs -- 21st-century exploration -- International Space Station -- The way ahead