Kruszynski, Elliot. Professor Wooford McPaw's history of things

Early observers -- Aristotle -- Ptolemy vs. Copernicus -- Galileo Galilei -- Newton's principles -- Leaps of imagination -- A telescopic history -- Einstein's theory of relativity -- The space race -- Space probes -- Our Solar System -- The Hubble Telescope -- Galaxies -- Life cycle of a star -- Stephen Hawking -- Black holes -- Dark matter -- International Space Station -- Does life exist elsewhere? -- What does the future hold? -- Race to earth -- Glossary

This second book in the Wooford McPaw series takes on the subject of the cosmos and everything within it. In his distinctively humorous, somewhat subversive tone, Elliot Kruszynski (in the guise of the Prof) looks at how our understanding of our place within the universe has evolved from the days of Ancient Greece, to the discoveries of Copernicus and Gallileo, through to Newton and then to Einstein and Hawking. In and amongst these stories, we find out about how the universe may have been formed, the birth and death of stars, different types of galaxies, our own solar system and the mysteries of dark matter and dark energy. Kruszynski's comprehensive but easily understood texts are brought to life in comic-style panels with plenty of dialogue and discussion bringing the subject alive, and providing a refreshing new take on a subject matter that never ceases to boggle the mind!

6+ years old