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Alien worlds your guide to extraterrestrial life

Considers the plausibility of alien life and what creatures living on extrasolar planets might be like, drawing on scientific sources to depict alien creatures who have adapted to the unique characteristics of their respective environments.

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Main Author: Aguilar, David A. (Author)
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. : National Geographic, [2013]
Series:National Geographic kids.
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Life on other planets > Juvenile nonfiction.
Extraterrestrial beings > Juvenile nonfiction.
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Summary:Considers the plausibility of alien life and what creatures living on extrasolar planets might be like, drawing on scientific sources to depict alien creatures who have adapted to the unique characteristics of their respective environments.
Physical Description:76 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (page 73) and index.
ISBN:9781426311109 (hardback)
1426311109
9781426311116 (hardback)
1426311117 (hardback)
Author Notes:DAVID A. AGUILAR is the author and illustrator of three books from National Geographic. His 13 Planets: The Latest View of the Solar System (2011), received the Eureka! Nonfiction Children's Book Gold Award from the California Reading Council. His writings are widely recognized for their ability to communicate the wonderment of science to enthusiasts of all ages. He is the past director of the Fiske Planetarium and Science Center and the originator of the Science Discovery program at the University of Colorado in Boulder, and now the popular host of the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics Observatory Nights' program. David and his wife Shirley reside near Cambridge, Massachusetts, and part-time at their home and new observatory located outside Aspen, Colorado.

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