Professor Wooford McPaw's History of Astronomy

Following Professor McPaw's first book, about the history of cars, comes book two, covering the history of the cosmos and how our understanding of the universe has evolved over time.
There is a lot to unpack, and Kruszynski explains scientific discoveries in astronomy through the centuries in language easy for elementary readers to understand.The pictures and format are presented in a comic-book style with plenty of humor injected throughout to keep readers engaged and entertained. Complex concepts, such as Einstein's theory of relativity, black holes, and dark matter are explained in detail.…

"I love the cute comic style! The cartoon art is adorable, and I like how the information is broken up into small boxes. The format makes it easy to remember all the interesting facts!"

"The illustrations that accompany the text are bright, colourful and strike just the right balance between cartoon style and maturity for a reader aged 7-11.The text is perfectly balanced to image so that there isn't an overwhelming amount to read, but that said, my goodness is this book packed with facts and there's an excellent and useful glossary at the end.
History of Astronomy covers 5BC to the present day and even looks into the future with possibilities for astro-physics giving all kinds of useful information and catalysts for further study and research.
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"Professor Wooford McPaw is back and has a new subject of expertise to share with readers. His first book was all about Cars and readers found it fantastically fascinating. Space is a subject so many children find interesting and being led by a knowledgable book character makes this an easy book to pick up. We get to learn about important scientists and philosophers which I think it a great addition as many books focus just on the science but philosophers had many observations of their own. At times, this has a graphic novel feel while at others, a picture book, but it is brilliantly written…