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| View Larger Image | Mercury (Mulberry books) | Paperbackby Seymour Simon (Author)
| List Price: | $6.99 | |
| | Binding: | Paperback | | Publisher: | HarperCollins | | Edition: | illustrated editionth Edition | | Page Count: | 32 Pages | | Publication Date: | September 24, 1998 | | Sales Rank: | 1,129,468st |
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Product Description
People have followed Mercury's path through twilit skies since ancient times,but only since Mariner 10 flew by in 1974 have we begun to unravel themysteries of the sun's closest neighbor. Impressive NASA photographs willtake you to a cratered world where days hot enough to melt lead and nightsat 300 degrees below zero last for almost three months. |
CUSTOMER REVIEWS (Average Customer Rating: 3.5 based on 2 reviews)
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Mercury another kids book by Thomas Erickson  2 Stars
November 15, 2009
Another kids book. Big type so little is said. Some of pictures are good but very little detailed reference info for anyone above the very basic beginners astronomy level. Would be a good book for parents to read to their young grade school kids but thats about it. No real meat and potatoes of detailed information. Please Simon can you write a book for grownups wanting reference info on Mercury. Also the newest info about the farside of the planet is not there as book was published before the latest flyby. Have not read a really good science book by Seymore Simon yet. All of his writings about science that I have read are for young kids.
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Do you like space? by Steven Cytryn (Las Vegas, NV)  5 Stars
January 23, 2008
I lost count somewhere around "Oceans" or "Dogs," but this has to be Simon's millionth book. Either way, there's no arguing that this guy can write some great material for kids and even adults (who have kids and are smart enough to read with them so they don't grow up illiterate). I doubt Stephen Hawking read this book and had some amazing epiphany, nevertheless, this entire series of planet books is perfect for grade school through middle school science reports and projects or even if you just want to learn a bit more about what's out there in our universe.
Full color and page-sized photos only add to Simon's academically written text that truly gets kids into science and into wondering about the world about them.
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| Neptune
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| Uranus
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This photo essay provides the most up-to-date information about the planet that "lies on its side" in space, from its watery atmosphere to its strange magnetic "tail." "Photographs show amazing detail."--Horn Book.
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| Destination: Jupiter
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| Destination: Mars (Destination (HarperCollins Publishers Paperback))
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Seymour Simon has written more than 150 award-winning science books about animals, anatomy, astronomy, earth science, and vehicles! Named after the Roman god of war, Mars has fascinated people for thousands of years. Did you know that . . . A Martian year is 687 Earth days, almost twice as long as a year on Earth. Mars’s biggest valley, Valles Marineris, is four times as deep as the Grand Canyon! Scientists think that Mars, now rocky and barren, once...
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| Saturn
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A breathtaking look at the most beautiful of all the planets with its magnificent rings and moons. "A delightful coupling of sound expositions and dazzling illustrations."--School Library Journal. A companion to Galaxies and Jupiter.
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