Exploring Earth And Space

A textbook exploring such aspects of matter and energy as heat, electricity, and nuclear chemistry, with suggested activities and review questions at the end of each chapter.

Presents brief articles on earth and space science, the environment, chemistry, and physics, covering scientists and other key figures, the history of science, future advances in the field, and the applications of physical sciences in technology, industry, and everyday life.

Exploring Earth's Surface is aligned to the Common Core State Standards for English/Language Arts, addressing Literacy.RI.1.6 and Literacy.L.1.4. Gorgeous photographs paired with descriptive text explains the various elements of Earth's surface. A diagram that explains how volcanoes work is also included. This book should be paired with “Earth's Many Landforms" (9781448890521) from the InfoMax Common Core Readers Program to provide the alternative point of view on the same topic.

This book explores the methods scientists use to explore space, including telescopes, space stations, and probes.

This is a completely updated and revised version of a monograph published in 2002 by the NASA History Office under the original title Deep Space Chronicle: A Chronology of Deep Space and Planetary Probes, 1958-2000. This new edition not only adds all events in robotic deep space exploration after 2000 and up to the end of 2016, but it also completely corrects and updates all accounts of missions from 1958 to 2000--Provided by publisher.

An account of the impact of space exploration on our understanding of the geology and geophysics of Earth.