Books with title The Universe

After discovering a genuine dinosaur fossil in the woods outside of his Grandpa's cabin, Robert is eager to look for more bones. When his new friend Emily tags along, they find something a lot cooler than dusty bones.Aliens!Inside the spaceship are four alien siblings trying to find their way home. Not only are they on the wrong planet, they might even be in the wrong galaxy.Can Robert and Emily keep them a secret while the aliens fix their spaceship? Can the aliens figure out where they are and how to get home?No one is prepared for the truth.

Imagine the biggest thing you can think of -- now imagine something bigger that hasn't even stopped growing. That is the universe. Our own galaxy, the Milky Way, though enormous, is a tiny speck among the 100 billion galaxies containing nebulas, planets, "space pods," billions of stars, and black holes that fill the cosmos. New stars, planets, and galaxies continue to form as the universe expands. Award-winning science writer Seymour Simon has teamed up with the Smithsonian Institution to bring you a new, updated edition of his acclaimed book on this immense topic.

This exciting and colourful new series on space presents all aspects of the universe, the planets. Stars, space exploration and much more with stunning artwork and fascinating text. Zoom in boxes pinpoint areas of interest while awesome fact boxes, fun comparisons and quiz features make the Awesome Space series an interactive learning experience. THE UNIVERSE takes a fresh look at the cosmos, from our Solar System to our Galaxy, the Milky Way and superstructures into the far reaches of the Universe. This book looks at all aspects of the Universe, including black holes, gravity, star clusters, galaxies, superstructures, the big bang and the big crunch.

The Clockwork Universe is the story of a band of men who lived in a world of dirt and disease but pictured a universe that ran like a perfect machine. A meld of history and science, this book is a group portrait of some of the greatest minds who ever lived as they wrestled with natures most sweeping mysteries. The answers they uncovered still hold the key to how we understand the world.At the end of the 17th century, an age of religious wars, plague, and the Great Fire of London when most people saw the world as falling apart, these earliest scientists saw a world of perfect order. They declared that, chaotic as it looked, the universe was in fact as intricate and perfectly regulated as a clock. This was the tail end of Shakespeare's century, when the natural and the supernatural still twined around each other. Disease was a punishment ordained by God, astronomy had not yet broken free from astrology, and the sky was filled with omens. It was a time when little was known and everything was new. These brilliant, ambitious, curious men believed in angels, alchemy, and the devil, and they also believed that the universe followed precise, mathematical laws, a contradiction that tormented them and changed the course of history. The Clockwork Universe is the fascinating and compelling story of the bewildered geniuses of the Royal Society, the men who made the modern world.

In The House, where all known universes are stored in glass orbs, an anonymous enemy threatens to destroy whole worlds and with it, the institution that has vowed to keep them safe.17-year-old Amara witnesses this personally when she is made Watcher of the first universe to ever exist—the one that contains Earth. As soon as she is handed her duties and flies into our world, she finds it impossible not to interact with the life there. She is particularly drawn to Noah, a boy who has a family and a life … something she would give anything to experience. Their unique connection is threatened when evil beings called harbingers come to wreak havoc on Earth, other members of The House are stripped of their immortality, and universes begin to implode.In order to save The House, keep Noah safe, and save the universe she is bound to protect, Amara must find who is behind all the destruction. Little does she know that her investigation will unveil a tale of corruption in the very place she calls home. Along her journey Amara learns the difference between gods and men, and the basis for her troubling connection with Noah.

Readers are introduced to the wonders of the universe with this basic astronomy series. They will learn how long it takes for Earth to travel around the Sun and what the Moon is really made of. Each book includes stunning photos and features text written specifically for beginning readers. Photo glossaries, tables of contents, indexes, and websites that link to more information about the universe make these books a perfect introduction to the conventions of the nonfiction book.