Were the Center of the Universe!, Christine ZuchoraWalske
Were the Center of the Universe!, Christine ZuchoraWalske
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We're the Center of the Universe!
Science's Biggest Mistakes about Astronomy and Physics

Author: Christine Zuchora-Walske

Narrator: Intuitive

Unabridged: 34 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Lerner

Published: 01/01/2017

Includes: Bonus Material Bonus Material Included

Synopsis

Does the universe circle around Earth? Do creatures live on the sun? Can you tell the future by looking at the stars? At one time, science supported wild notions like these! But later studies proved these ideas were nonsense. Discover science's biggest mistakes and oddest assumptions about physics and astronomy, and see how scientific thought changed over time.

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Goodreads review by Slee on June 10, 2014

One of the great things about science is that it is a method by which we get to seek answers to the really big questions. Of course, science gets it wrong, a lot, along the way to getting it right. When I was young, a science teacher once introduced himself and then immediately apologized for lying.......more

Goodreads review by Ryan on June 23, 2014

I really enjoyed this book and think kids will too. I think it perfectly shows how even science is not correct all the time, and they are always finding new things, or that things are not as we all way believed. The pictures and pages are bright and colorful leading to that "must pick this up" quali......more

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