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Looking Up

An Illustrated Guide to Telescopes
By Jacob Kramer
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Looking Up celebrates telescopes around the world and the wonders of space exploration. Through cutaway illustrations and clear explanations, it reveals how these remarkable instruments help us study distant stars and planets. The book explores the engineering behind telescopes and the science of light, from why they are built in deserts to how scientists determine the composition of planets millions of light years away.
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Ideal for children in upper primary school who have a keen interest in astronomy and space science.

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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 millions of light years away.

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Praised as a must-read for children fascinated by space, this book combines fantastic illustrations with detailed scientific facts. Teachers highlight its appeal to upper primary children, making complex astronomy accessible and engaging.

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Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781912497249

Publisher: Flying Eye Books

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 01 March 2021

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Flying Eye Books

Contributors:

  • Illustrated by Stephanie Scholz

Audience: Children

DIMENSIONS

Width: 230.0mm

Height: 306.0mm

Weight: 350g

Pages: 56

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Children's Books Children’s & Teenage Non-Fiction Children’s, Teenage and Educational Jacob Kramer

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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