The Third Planet: Exploring the Earth from Space - Hardcover

Ride, Sally; O'Shaughnessy, Tam

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9780517593622: The Third Planet: Exploring the Earth from Space

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0517593629 ISBN 13: 9780517593622

Publisher: Knopf Books for Young Readers, 1994

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Illus. with full-color photos. With the help of eye-opening NASA photos of the earth, the authors explain some of the relationships among the earth's physical systems--including the oceans, atmosphere, and climate--and icecaps, landmasses, and weather systems. They go on to explore the place life occupies on earth, from plankton in the oceans to human beings everywhere, whose impact on the planet is visible even from space. "The handsome presentation is inviting, informative, and intelligent."--Horn Book.

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The handsome presentation is inviting, informative, and intelligent."--Horn Book.

About the Author:

Sally Ride has been interested in science since she was a child. She earned bachelor’s degrees in physics and English and a Ph.D. in physics from Stanford University. In 1983 she became America’s first woman astronaut when she made a six-day flight aboard the space shuttle Challenger. She made her second trip into space in 1984. Dr. Ride is now a professor of physics at the University of California, San Diego. She is also founder of Imaginary Lines, a company that creates events, programs and products for young people interested in science.

Tam O’Shaughnessy and Sally Ride have been friends since they were teens competing in junior tennis tournaments. Dr. O’Shaughnessy holds a master’s degree in biology and a Ph.D. in education from the University of California, Riverside. She is a professor of education at San Diego State University. Tam and Sally have written three other children’s science books including, The Mystery of Mars and Exploring Our Solar System. They won the 1995 American Institute of Physics Children’s Science Writing Award.

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