Branley, Franklyn Mansfield

Presents information on the planet Venus as reported by the space probe Magellan, including its topography, motions, and atmosphere, and explains theories about its origin and evolution. Illustrated with detailed radar photographs made by Magellan.

Simple text with illustrations explains rockets and satellites and describes their capabilities and functions.

A scientific explanation of how, millions of years from now, the life of the Earth could conceivably end.

Describes what might have happened when the earth began billions of years ago.

Presents information accumulated about Jupiter through the centuries, including data collected by Pioneers I and II and Voyagers I and II, and some of the mythology surrounding this planet.

Describes how accurate standards of measurements were determined for time, length and width, volume, temperature, and weight with emphasis on the advantages of the metric system.

Discusses kinds of space, the sky in outer space, time in outer space, weightlessness, survival in space, uses of space, mining the asteroids, and the end of space.

Discusses possible causes of the sudden extinction of dinosaurs at the close of the Cretaceous Period.

Explains the basic composition of color, how it is created and used, and its psychological effects.

Describes how certain animals keep warm, how the human body loses and retains its heat, and how various types of clothing and dwellings aid in heat retention.