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Author

Engelbert, Phillis.

Title The handy space answer book / Phillis Engelbert and Diane L. Dupuis ; foreword by Neil Tyson.

Imprint

Detroit, MI : Visible Ink, c1998.

Copies

Location	Call No.	OPAC Message	Status
Eureka Non-Fiction	520 Eng	---	Available

Description	xviii, 576 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Note	Includes index.
Contents	Universe -- Galaxies and stars -- Our solar system -- The Earth and its moon -- Observation and measurement -- Observation facilities -- Space exploration agencies and tools -- Technology in space -- Humans in space.
Summary	Traces the development of space technology from primitive Mayan instruments to the X-ray telescopes of today.
Subject	Astronomy -- Miscellanea.
	Astronomy -- Miscellanea.
Added Author	Dupuis, Diane L.
ISBN	1578590175
	9781578590179
	157859085X (Pbk.)
	9781578590858 (Pbk.)
	17.95