Which of these facts are true?
A Chinese astronomer recorded and tracked stars back in 350 BC
Different civilizations have had their own names and legends for constellations
The Big Dipper, which looks like a soup ladle, is the easiest group of stars to spot
Calling all stargazers, this addition to the New York Times bestselling series is sure to be the perfect book for you!
From the #1 New York Times Best-Selling Who Was? series comes Where Is?, a series that tells the stories of world-famous landmarks and natural wonders and features a fold-out map!
Ancient people from many different cultures–Greek, Roman, Mezo-American, Arab–all looked up and imagined pictures in the sky by “drawing” a line from one star to another, like a connect-the-dots puzzle. These star pictures–constellations–represented myths and legends from the various cultures that still fascinate us today.
Author of the tremendously popular Where Is Our Solar System? Stephanie Sabol relates many of the most popular constellation stories and explains what stars actually are: how they formed, why they die, and how they’re grouped into constellation families.
來自許多不同文化的古代人——希臘人、羅馬人、中美洲人、阿拉伯人——都仰望天空，想像天空中的圖畫，從一顆星星到另一顆星星“畫”一條線，就像一個連線拼圖。 這些來自各文化星座圖片代表的神話和傳說今日仍然讓我們著迷。
非常受歡迎的《太陽系在哪裡？》作者史黛芬妮·莎堡講述了許多最受歡迎的星座故事，解釋了恆星究竟是什麼：它們是如何形成的，為什麼會死亡，以及如何被分組到星座家族中。
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