atlases

Presents a guided tour of the galaxy, providing information about planets, stars and constellations, comets, asteroids, meteors, supernovae, quasars, and other space phenomena, with color illustrations and photographs, and a selection of star charts.

Charts over thirty of the more popular constellations, with notes on their mythology and guide to locate them in the sky.

Illustrations made by using CAT-scans, X-ray photography, crystal scintillation, computer mapping, and thermography show how the body works and explains the different types of body tissue.

Contains color-coded illustrations of the main skeletal muscles central to sport, dance, and exercise, each with a definition of the Latin name; information on origin, insertion, action, nerve, basic functional movement, sports that depend on the muscle, damaging movements or injuries, and common problems; and strengthening and self-stretch exercises.

Contains 270 reproducible charts that provide illustrations and facts about the classification, form, and body systems of animals, covering the major divisions of the animal kingdom, from the simplest to the most complex. Includes a glossary.

Presents a full-color condensed guide to the stars, and describes fifteen constellations visible during the summer, the history and characteristic of each, location in the northern or southern sky, and much more.

Text, maps, and illustrations describe the various types of animals found in different natural environments throughout the world.

Text and map spreads explore the peoples of the world and their culture, continent by continent.