Scientific Classification Manual -- Space and Astronomy

Author: (American) Angelo, translated and edited by Lou Yuqing
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Features: The "Handbook of Scientific Classification: Weather and Climate" by the U.S. FactualOnFile Publishing House includes the following sections:
Terminology: The entire book contains over 2,200 entries, many of which are accompanied by simple diagrams to help explain the meaning of the terms. Topics include: absolute temperature, cosmic rays, extraterrestrial life, greenhouse effect, galaxy, orbital mechanics, radiation, solar wind, ultraviolet rays, and weightlessness.
People: It introduces more than 400 scientists and astronomers from ancient times to the present, whose discoveries have advanced human understanding of astronomy. These scientists include: Scott Carpenter, Henry Deacon, James Gregory, John F. Kennedy, Ferdinand Magellan, Pythagoras, Harold C. Urey, John W. Young, and Alan B. Shepard Jr.
Chronology: It spans nearly 8,000 years of astronomical development in human exploration of space and astronomical phenomena, including major discoveries and significant events in astronomy; the construction of the Knidos Naked Eye Observatory by the Greek astronomer Eudoxus; the supernova discovered by the Danish astronomer Tycho Brahe in the constellation Cassiopeia; the invention of the astrolabe by the French physicist Pierre Bouguer; and the meticulously crafted solar research tower by the American astronomer George Ellery Hale, among others.