Space: The Whole Whizz-Bang Story

(Paperback)

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What is a black hole How do we know that stars and galaxies are billions of years old What is the difference between stars and planets Glenn Murphy, author of Why is Snot Green, answers these and a lot of other brilliant questions in this funny and informative book.Packed with doodles and information about all sorts of incredible things, like supermassive black holes, galaxies, telescopes, planets, solar flares, constellations, eclipses and red dwarfs, this book contains absolutely no boring bits!

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..".a humorous and approachable overview of astronomy." --"School Library Journal "
"Author Glenn Murphy writes as though he is having a conversation with the reader and turns what would normally be big daunting information about the universe, stars and the solar system and skillfully turns it into a light and funny read." --Smart Books for Smart Kids
."..a humorous and approachable overview of astronomy." --"School Library Journal "

Author Bio

Glenn Murphy received his masters in science communication from London's Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine. He wrote his first popular science book, Why Is Snot Green, while managing the Explainer team at the Science Museum in London. In 2007 he moved to the United States. He now lives and works in Raleigh, North Carolina, with his wife, Heather, and two unusually large and ill-tempered cats.