Cosmic Travels of Sirius and Staila: From the Alps to the Moon

ISBN-13: 9780986348624 / Angielski / Miękka / 2016 / 70 str.

Jitka Ourednik; Vaclav Ourednik

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From 12 years The authors released a radioplay of this book in March 2016. A copy of it on CD can be obtained, e.g., at www.caelus.club or at Amazon. Do you know how distant the stars are and what a light year is? What are galaxies and how to recognize the Milky Way? From where the Moon takes its light and why the Moon eclipse is dark red? Who is goddess Theia, who saved Adromeda, and who listens to the tunes ofgod Apollo? On which sea shore the first astronauts landed on the Moon and where to find the Moon Buggy? Come and join the three friends Staila, Sirius, and the Telescope from the observatory Alpine Astrovillage and take a ride with them through the cosmos Comments on the Swiss release of the book: In this richly illustrated book basic knowledge is presented with wit and didactics by combining facts with the world of legends. Marcel Gyr, Neue Zurcher Zeitung The authors follow an important premise in the writing of instructive books for teenagers, which is to awaken the desire for knowledge through fun and facilitation of understanding. They succeed in a very innovative way. Dr. Bruno Stanek, astrophysisist and Swiss TV moderator of Apollo missions to the Moon."