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"The essential universe, from our most celebrated and beloved astrophysicist. What is the nature of space and time? How do we fit within the universe? How does the universe fit within us? There's no better guide through these mind-expanding questions than acclaimed astrophysicist and best-selling author Neil deGrasse Tyson. But today, few of us have time to contemplate the cosmos. So Tyson brings the universe down to Earth succinctly and clearly,...
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"It's a beautiful evening when Squeak, Orni, and Castor head out for a weekend of camping. But Squeak has a surprise: he's hosting them all in his observatory, high at the top of a tree. The tree house is delightful--and fully equipped for the most incredible discoveries: in the sky and the stars, through the galaxy and beyond."--Provided by publisher.
Publisher
A&E Home Video
Pub. Date
2012.
Physical Desc
4 DVDs (658 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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Season 6 of the pioneering series takes viewers further than ever, to the extreme edges of our solar system, where chaos and catastrophe bring epic drama to the planets. Features astounding NASA footage and the opinions of leading astrophysicists to probe even more deeply into the billion-year-old story of the world beyond Earth.
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Pub. Date
2020.
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English
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"So you've fallen in love with space and now you want to see it for yourself, right? You want to witness the birth of a star, or visit the black hole at the center of our galaxy? You want to know if there are aliens out there, or how to travel though a wormhole? You want the wonders of the universe revealed before your very eyes? Well stop, because all that will probably kill you. From mundane comets in our solar backyard to exotic remnants of the...
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Library of Ever volume 1
Publisher
Imprint
Pub. Date
2019.
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English
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"With her parents off traveling the globe, Lenora is bored, bored, bored -- until she discovers a secret doorway into the ultimate library. Mazelike and reality-bending, the library contains all the universe's wisdom. Every book ever written, and every fact ever known, can be found within its walls. And Lenora becomes its newly appointed Fourth Assistant Apprentice Librarian. She rockets to the stars, travels to a future filled with robots, and faces...
8) Big history
Publisher
A&E Television Networks
Pub. Date
2014.
Physical Desc
3 DVDs (442 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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A collection that turns history on its head, breaks down the walls between history and science, and tells the story of the universe form the Big Bang through today. Crisscrossing through time and space, each episode reveals the transformative relationships between science and history that viewers many not have even knew existed.
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Disney/Hyperion Books
Pub. Date
[2011]
Edition
First edition.
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1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 30 cm
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English
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In this cumulative, rhyming story, a young boy takes a nighttime ride from the distant stars in the Milky Way galaxy to his cozy bed, as his blanket becomes a rocket, a plane, and a skateboard.
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Library of Ever volume 2
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
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"Lenora returns to the magical Library -- which holds every book ever known on its shelves. But she discovers the Library is under new management, its incredible rooms and corridors turned dark and sinister. She quickly connects with a secret resistance that's trying to free knowledge from the shadows threatening it. Her new friends introduce her to an ancient lost city, hang gliding, and mathematical beings larger than the universe itself. And they...
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DK Publishing
Pub. Date
2020.
Edition
New edition.
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528 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 31 cm
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English
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Detailed profiles and stunning visuals explore every aspect of the cosmos. From the big bang to planets in our solar system and beyond, this new edition provides comprehensive and up-to-date maps of the night sky, explores the history of telescopes and the latest equipment for amateur observers, and highlights the most recent discoveries in astronomy. -- adapted from back cover
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Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2023.
Edition
First edition.
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1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 31 cm
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English
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Poetry combined with intricate cut-paper illustrations to celebrate an active, vital, changing, and growing universe. They also show how we humans--the curious ones, the storytellers--are active, vital, changing, and growing, too.
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Sal and Gabi novels volume 1
Publisher
Disney Hyperion
Pub. Date
2019.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
382 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"When Sal Vidon meets Gabi Real for the first time, it isn't under the best of circumstances. Sal is in the principal's office for the third time in three days, and it's still the first week of school. Gabi, student council president and editor of the school paper, is there to support her friend Yasmany, who just picked a fight with Sal. She is determined to prove that somehow, Sal planted a raw chicken in Yasmany's locker, even though nobody saw...
16) Infinity gate
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Pandominion volume 1
Publisher
Orbit
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
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"The Pandominion: a political and trading alliance of a million worlds. Except that they're really just one world, Earth, in many different realities. And when an A.I. threat arises that could destroy everything the Pandominion has built, they'll eradicate it by whatever means necessary. Scientist Hadiz Tambuwal is looking for a solution to her own Earth's environmental collapse when she stumbles across the secret of inter-dimensional travel, a secret...
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A & E Home Video
Pub. Date
[2010]
Physical Desc
2 DVDs (376 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
Description
From robotic rovers on Mars to NASA probes slamming into comets and deep space telescopes capturing violent images of the birth of stars, season five of this illuminating series explores how these discoveries were made and who made them. Dramatic CGI and interviews with expert cosmologists, astronomers and astrophysicists bring the history of the heavens down to earth and provide a glimpse into our future.
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Frances Lincoln Children's Books
Pub. Date
2017.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm
Language
English
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"This story of our universe is beautifully illustrated for younger children. Travel back in time to the Big Bang, see galaxies and stars form, join the first man on the moon, and wonder what mysteries are still waiting to be discovered"--Page 4 of cover.
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Publisher
Flatiron Books
Pub. Date
2016.
Edition
First U.S. edition.
Physical Desc
386 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
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"Christophe Galfard's mission in life is to spread modern scientific ideas to the general public in entertaining ways. Using his considerable skills as a brilliant theoretical physicist and successful young adult author, The Universe in Your Hand employs the immediacy of simple, direct language to show us, not explain to us, the theories that underpin everything we know about our universe. To understand what happens to a dying star, we are asked to...
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Little Gestalten
Pub. Date
2018.
Physical Desc
37 pages : color illustrations ; 29 cm
Language
English
Description
Space is all around us, but how much do we know? Where do we even begin? Space Kids is the building block upon which children can learn about our universe. Covering topics such as stars, planets, moons and rockets as well as the basics of gravity and how astronauts eat and sleep in space, Space Kids moves through complex ideas with an accessibly fresh and original style.
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