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Looking Up

An Illustrated Guide to Telescopes

Author: Jacob Kramer and Stephanie Scholz  

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Looking Up is a celebration of telescopes around the world and speeding through space. These incredible structures gaze out into the solar system and beyond, helping us learn about distant stars and planets.

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Looking Up is a celebration of telescopes around the world and speeding through space. These incredible structures gaze out into the solar system and beyond, helping us learn about distant stars and planets.

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Looking Up is a celebration of telescopes around the world and speeding through space. These incredible structures gaze out into the solar system and beyond, helping us learn about distant stars and planets. Discover these amazing feats of engineering with cutaway illustrations, alongside detailed explanations of the science of light.All over the world, people have built fantastic instruments for looking up into the sky. These telescopes are not just engineering marvels - they are monuments to curiosity and wonder. Discover the physics behind astronomy and stargazing, from the reason that telescopes are often built in deserts to how scientists can tell what planets are made of, even from million of light years away.

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Critic Reviews

A must-read for children who are captivated by space and want to get their teeth into something more specific and detailed -- Littleliterarysociety on Instagram
Upper primary level children will love this book, from its fantastic illustrations to all the interesting facts. -- Phillipa Moore, Year 3 teacher and science coordinator Primary Science

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About the Author

Jacob Kramer graduated from Harvard with a degree in Visual & Environmental Studies. He has collaborated with Khan Academy to find new ways to explain core scientific concepts.Stephanie Scholz studied drawing and print making at the University of Fine Arts in Berlin. She has made illustrations for the Victoria and Albert Museum in London, The New York Times, and die Zeit among others.

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Product Details

Publisher
Flying Eye Books
Published
1st March 2021
Pages
56
ISBN
9781912497249

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