100 Things You Should Know About Space

Do you know 100 facts the pyramids? How about the earth? Each book in this series gives 100 facts about these things and more. Editorial Reviews From the Back Cover Packed with large, detailed illustrations, this reference book provides an exciting introduction to the universe and space exploration. Clear explanations, factfiles, and an extensive index offer essential information. -- Explore the stars, planets, and galaxies that make up the universe. -- Discover how telescopes, space probes, and satellites work. -- Find out how astronauts travel in space. --This text refers to the Hardcover edition. About the Author Jane Glover is one of our preeminent conductors and an expert on Mozart. She studied music at St. Hugh's College, Oxford, and subsequently completed her doctorate on seventeenth-century Venetian opera. She is Music Director of Chicago's Music of the Baroque and conducts regularly with the Chicago Opera Theater. In addition to the New York City Opera, she has conducted at all the major symphony and chamber orchestras in Britain -- at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, the English National Opera and Glyndebourne -- and appears regularly at the BBC Proms. She works extensively in the United States, Europe and Australia. She is also a regular broadcaster, with highlights that include a television series on Mozart and the radio series "Opera House". She received the honor of Commander of the British Empire (CBE) in 2003. David Glover is Senior Lecturer in English at the University of Southampton, where he teaches courses on cultural theory, Irish literature, and Victorian and Edwardian literature and culture. He is the author of Vampires, Mummies, and Liberals: Bram Stoker and the Politics of Popular Fiction (1996) and Genders (2000 and 2009) and has recently co-edited The Cambridge Companion to Popular Fiction. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.