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Seven wonders of exploration technology / Fred Bortz.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Bortz, Fred, 1944- author.
- Series:
- Seven wonders (Minneapolis, Minn.)
- Seven Wonders
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Scientific apparatus and instruments--Juvenile literature.
- Scientific apparatus and instruments.
- Research--Juvenile literature.
- Research.
- Curiosities and wonders--Juvenile literature.
- Curiosities and wonders.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (80 pages) : illustrations, maps.
- Place of Publication:
- Minneapolis : Twenty-First Century Books, [2010]
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Exploration is one of oldest human impulses. Over thouands of years, we've invented vehicles, tools, and instruments to take explorations farther and deeper. This book looks at seven modern technological developments related to exploration.
- Contents:
- Undersea explorers
- Exploring Earth's climate
- Exploring the moon
- Interplanetary exploration
- The Hubble space telescope
- Mapping the cosmos
- The large Hadron Collider.
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 1-282-53121-2
- 9786612531217
- 0-7613-5990-7
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