Opening the Door to the Universe
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Who it's for
A good fit for
- Primary and middle school students curious about the universe and astronomical phenomena who wish to broaden their horizons
- Parents who want to spark their children's interest in science through accessible topics
- Teachers who need popular-science material for classroom enrichment
- Amateur enthusiasts who enjoy cosmic mysteries and are willing to look things up as they read
Not a good fit for
- Professional readers seeking systematic study of astrophysical theory
- Readers who accept only rigorous, paper-style exposition and reject speculative topics
Reading tips
- Start with the mystery that interests you most, and after finishing one, go back to the earlier chapters.
- Keep a sheet of paper to note the questions raised in the book, then verify or supplement them with further reading.
- Parents can read one section with their children each evening and discuss "which explanation do you believe?"
About the publisher
Northern China Women & Children Publishing House focuses on books for women and children. Its current catalogue contains 488 titles, with common categories including foreign literature, classic works, examination books, Eastern philosophy, and essays and miscellaneous writings. Representative books include The Old Man and the Sea, The Short Stories of Hemingway, The Little Prince, The Diary of Anne Frank: A Must-Read for Growing, Lost Girls, Master-Recommended World Classics: Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Complete Sherlock Holmes, and Selected Prose of Lu Xun. Authors represented include Ernest Hemingway, Anne Frank, Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, and Hans Christian Andersen, as well as Ren Xiaohong, He Zong, Zhou Lixia, and Liu Xixian. Judging from the catalogue, the press combines translations of foreign literary classics with reading for young people, and also covers examination books, Eastern philosophy, and essays. Public information is limited, and its publishing characteristics require further confirmation.
Contents
- 版权信息
- 前言
- 宇宙尽头在何方
- 宇宙的主宰是谁
- 宇宙产生的猜想
- 宇宙和谐吗
- 宇宙会热死吗
- 宇宙中的“黑色骑士”
- 月球上“建筑物”的探究
- 火星发出强大激光的谜团
- 神奇的月海
- 金星上有海洋吗
- 神秘的陨石是星星爆炸遗留物吗
- 神秘天体绕太阳运行之谜
- 宇宙中的“长城”
- 行踪不定的星星
- 天上为什么会有好几个太阳
- 金星上有大海吗
- 南极陨石中为何会有氨基酸
- 新星和超新星的能力有多大
- 充满敌意的木星
- 天王星也有环带吗
- 海王星上有火山吗
- 一颗地球卫星来自何方
- “中华”星为何失踪
- 宇宙的“四大天王”
- 神秘的电波来自何方
- 月球上有水吗
- 火星上的可疑历史
- 太阳和月亮为什么同时升起
- 太阳个数的悬念
- 太阳有伴星吗
- 彗星的活动与地球怪象有关吗
- 宇宙诞生之谜
- 宇宙也会死亡吗
- 宇宙范围之谜
- 宇宙年龄之谜
- 宇宙的膨胀与收缩
- 银河系的秘密
- 恒星的起源之谜
- 太阳系有第十颗行星吗
- 恒星是如何产生的
- 行星会撞地球吗
- 小行星起源之谜
- 太阳自转之谜
- 太阳对地球有哪些影响
- 月球的起源
- 月球是怎样诞生的
- 人类能在火星上居住吗
- 彗星蛋是巧合吗
- 彗星的传说
- 彗星是个“脏雪球”
- 天空稀客、常客、过客
- 哈雷彗星真貌
- 神秘的哈雷彗星蛋
- 火星上有水吗
- 多“最”的水星
- 水星上有生命吗
- 金星逆向自转之谜
- 天王星上的“水”
- 宇宙航行设想
- 宇宙中还有另外的地球
- 地球还有第二个月亮
- 神秘天体绕太阳运行
- 冥王星是不是块冰
- “哈勃”望远镜发现超级巨型黑洞
- 黑洞新发现
- 美国人发现了两颗可能有生命的行星
- 大熊座47号恒星有行星围绕运行
- 室女座处女70号恒星有行星运行
- 1000光年外藏着外星人吗
- “天外”存在生命行星
- 火星发现水的迹象
- 太阳系外又发现9颗新行星
- 又一个太阳系被发现
- 类地行星有环吗
- 黑洞的秘密
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About the author
Liu Gancai is a Chinese professional writer of military and war history who began writing after leaving the armed forces. He has long devoted himself to documentary literature on World War II and the Chinese War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, combining archival research with narrative accounts of the battlefield. His work covers the wartime histories of the Jin-Sui, Jin-Cha-Ji, Shaan-Gan-Ning and Shandong base areas, as well as Allied figures and campaigns of World War II. Beyond war reportage, he has also written on cultural and popular-science subjects such as bronze vessels, enamel craftsmanship and astronomy, showing a wide range of interests. His works number 150 in the collection, including war-documentary series co-compiled with Li Kui. Public information on his dates of birth and death, education and personal career is limited; what can be confirmed is his background as a veteran and professional writer and the directions of his writing described above.
Li Zhengrui is an author about whom limited public information is available. Twenty-seven of her works are held in the collection, spanning culture, examinations and inspirational personal growth. Judging from the existing titles, her writing combines popular knowledge with youth education. She has contributed to traditional-culture books such as The Divine Craft of Stone Carving: Ancient Stone Carvings and Culture and Art and The Land of Propriety and Rituals, as well as time-travel and science-themed reads for young readers, including Traveling Through Time at Scenic Sites and The Road to Space. She has also compiled educational readers such as the upper-primary volume of the Youth Reader on the Socialist Core Value System, and has written inspirational works on personal growth such as Settling Reality and Outrunning the Trend. Her style favors accessible expression and the transmission of knowledge, turning culture, etiquette and values education into material suited to students and building a body of work in popular and extracurricular reading for young people.
