We're the center of the universe! [electronic resource] : science's biggest mistakes about astronomy and physics / Christine Zuchora-Walske.

"Did you know that hundreds of years ago, the sun orbited Earth? Actually, this isn't true, but people thought it was! Discover other missteps and odd theories in physics and astronomy."--

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Zuchora-Walske, Christine (Author)
Language:English
Published: Minneapolis : Lerner Publications Company, [2015]
Series:Science gets it wrong
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Variant Title:
We are the center of the universe!
We're the Center of the Universe!: Science's Biggest Mistakes About Astronomy and Physics
Format: Electronic eBook
Contents:
  • We're the center of the universe!
  • Those goofy wandering stars
  • Hot times on planet sun
  • Beware the Martian hordes!
  • Poor little Pluto
  • Our lives are written in the stars
  • As earth moves, the oceans slosh
  • Don't get hit by a comet!
  • Smackdown! golf ball vs. bowling ball
  • Everything is made of earth, air, fire, and water
  • No matter? no light
  • The unchanging universe.