We're the center of the universe! : science's biggest mistakes about astronomy and physics /
Zuchora-Walske, Christine,
We're the center of the universe! : science's biggest mistakes about astronomy and physics / We are the center of the universe! Christine Zuchora-Walske. - 32 pages : color illustrations ; 25 cm - Science gets it wrong . - Zuchora-Walske, Christine. Science gets it wrong .
Includes bibliographical references (pages 30-31) and index.
We're the center of the universe! -- Those goofy wandering stars -- Hot times on planet sun -- Beware the Martian hordes! -- Poor little Pluto -- Our lives are written in the stars -- As earth moves, the oceans slosh -- Don't get hit by a comet! -- Smackdown! golf ball vs. bowling ball -- Everything is made of earth, air, fire, and water -- No matter? no light -- The unchanging universe.
"Did you know that hundreds of years ago, the sun orbited Earth? Actually, this isn't true, but people thought it was! Discover other missteps and odd theories in physics and astronomy."--
Ages 9-12.
1467736635 (lib. bdg. : alk. paper) 9781467736633 (lib. bdg. : alk. paper)
2013045903
Astronomy--Juvenile literature.
Cosmology--Juvenile literature.
Errors, Scientific--Juvenile literature.
Physics--Juvenile literature.
We're the center of the universe! : science's biggest mistakes about astronomy and physics / We are the center of the universe! Christine Zuchora-Walske. - 32 pages : color illustrations ; 25 cm - Science gets it wrong . - Zuchora-Walske, Christine. Science gets it wrong .
Includes bibliographical references (pages 30-31) and index.
We're the center of the universe! -- Those goofy wandering stars -- Hot times on planet sun -- Beware the Martian hordes! -- Poor little Pluto -- Our lives are written in the stars -- As earth moves, the oceans slosh -- Don't get hit by a comet! -- Smackdown! golf ball vs. bowling ball -- Everything is made of earth, air, fire, and water -- No matter? no light -- The unchanging universe.
"Did you know that hundreds of years ago, the sun orbited Earth? Actually, this isn't true, but people thought it was! Discover other missteps and odd theories in physics and astronomy."--
Ages 9-12.
1467736635 (lib. bdg. : alk. paper) 9781467736633 (lib. bdg. : alk. paper)
2013045903
Astronomy--Juvenile literature.
Cosmology--Juvenile literature.
Errors, Scientific--Juvenile literature.
Physics--Juvenile literature.