Anna Crowley Redding - Böcker

From Emmy Award-winning journalist Anna Crowley Redding comes a captivating nonfiction picture book that explores the fabled apple tree that inspired Isaac Newton’s theory of gravity. From a minor seed to a monumental icon, it inspired the world’s greatest minds, including Albert Einstein and Stephen Hawking."A sweet windfall of history and inspiration."  —Kirkus (starred review)"This picture book may resonate with science-minded children." —BooklistA tree may seem like a rather ordinary thing. But hundreds of years ago, a tree was about to embark on an extraordinary journey. And it all started with just a speck of a seed. . . .It began in the 1600s with a seed that became the tree that grew the apple that fell right before Isaac Newton’s eyes. This seemingly simple event sparked one of the greatest scientific discoveries—Newton’s theory of gravity! A chain reaction of ideas and discoveries followed from the likes of Albert Einstein and Stephen Hawking, who traveled to the place where these scientific journeys began—Isaac’s tree.From rocketing into space to adorning the queen’s carriage, the Gravity Tree’s unexpectedly remarkable and true life story is a tale for the ages. Award-winning journalist Anna Crowley Redding unearths the story of how something so small could change the world. The Gravity Tree is a beautiful nonfiction picture book to share at home or in the classroom.A Bank Street Best Children’s Book of the Year A Kirkus Children's Best Book of the Year

In April 2019, the Event Horizon Telescope team unveiled the first ever image of a super massive black hole.This inspiring scientific breakthrough took years of hard work, innovative thinking, and a level of global cooperation never seen before. A multi-national team of scientists, lead by Dr. Shep Doeleman and Dr. Heino Falkem, used eight of the largest telescopes from around the world to collect over four million billion bytes of data, which was flown to teams of computer scientists and mathematicians, including Katie Bouman, who had the impossible task of stitching together all of these images.Black Hole Chasers is a story of unique techonological innovation and scientific breakthroughs, but more importantly, it's a story of human curiosity and triumph.

Blast off into space in this epic adventure packed with facts – perfect for all young space fans!   ‘SPACE FANS. We are T-minus 30 seconds from lift off!  Get ready, there is so much to do in Outer Spaaaaaaaaaace!’  So begins the young narrator’s livestream of his epic trip to outer space. He is all set to entertain the fans watching back home – if it weren’t for the pesky tour guide trying to ruin all his fun!   Want to try floating chocolate milk into your mouth?  NO! Too dangerous, that could short circuit the spaceship’s electronics.   Want to open the window and see what space smells like? NO, NO! All the air will be vacuumed out of your lungs.   Want to start a snowball fight on Mars? Catch a falling diamond on Neptune?  NO, NO, NO!  Ugh, you can’t do ANYTHING fun in space.   Along the way, questions pop up via the livestream and are answered by space experts, to cleverly integrate fascinating space facts throughout the tour of space.   Packed with laugh‑out‑loud moments and mind‑blowing facts, What NOT to Do in Outer Space turns every ‘bad idea’ into a brilliant learning opportunity. A must‑have for curious kids, aspiring astronauts and anyone who’s ever wondered how space really works.