November 1, 2011
Gr 5-7-Consisting largely of repackaged material that has been available for several years both in print and as online reference resources, these surveys offer utilitarian and systematic looks at deep space, the major components of our solar system, and the history and techniques of astronomy. The many space photos, diagrams, and images are informative, though often cramped and not always sharply reproduced. Minor updates to the texts and closing bibliographies may give these some appeal as replacements for hoarier titles on the topic, but most collections will likely already have access to the content.
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