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How to use this book
Welcome to Space Science. All the books in this set are organized to help you through the multitude of pictures and facts that make this subject so interesting. There is also a master glossary for the set on pages 58–64 and an index on pages 65–72.
Photographs and diagrams have been carefully selected and annotated for clarity. Captions provide more facts.
The text is organized into chapters.
Capitals show key glossary terms. They
are defined in the quick reference glossary.
Chapter heading.
Links to related information in other titles in the Space Science set.
Quick reference glossary. All these glossary entries, sometimes with further explanation, appear in the master glossary for the set on pages 58–64.
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Author
Brian Knapp, BSc, PhD
Art Director
Duncan McCrae, BSc
Senior Designer
Adele Humphries, BA, PGCE
Editors
Mary Sanders, BSc, and Gillian Gatehouse
Illustrations on behalf of Earthscape Editions
David Woodroffe and David Hardy
Design and production
EARTHSCAPE EDITIONS
Picture credits
All photographs and diagrams NASA except the following: (c=center t=top b=bottom l=left r=right)
Earthscape Editions 8t, 8–9b, 10t, 10–11b, 12–13 (diagram), 15b, 16b, 20b, 22, 29, 30–31 (all), 32–33b, 33t, 34b, 38t, 38b, 41br, 50, 55, 56–57 (diagram); Paleographic Maps by Christopher R. Scotese, PALEOMAP Project, University of Texas at Arlington 36b, 37t, 37b.
The front cover shows the first photograph of the Earth as a globe taken on the Apollo 8 mission to the Moon in December 1968; the back cover, Apollo 17 exploring the Moon’s surface.
NASA, the U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration, was founded in 1958 for aeronautical and space exploration. It operates several installations around the country and has its headquarters in Washington, D.C.
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