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Moving to Mars
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The human race's desire to explore the boundaries of the known world drove our ancestors to climb the tallest mountains, conquer the poles, and cross vast uncharted oceans before ultimately reaching out into space in the 1960s. Huge rockets were built to allow our space pioneers...
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Moving to Mars is an illustrated book that uses science, technology and imagination to present what the future of space travel to the Red Planet might look like and exploration of the lives of its first settlers.
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The human race's desire to explore the boundaries of the known world drove our ancestors to climb the tallest mountains, conquer the poles, and cross vast uncharted oceans before ultimately reaching out into space in the 1960s. Huge rockets were built to allow our space pioneers to travel beyond Earth's orbit and land on the Moon. But there is another frontier that we have yet to set foot on—Mars. The Red Planet is our next destination; it will be a long process, starting with small scientific bases hidden among craters and ending with enormous self-sustaining cities.
But what will the journey from Earth to Mars be like? What will we find when we land? Where will we get oxygen and food? In this book, you will find answers to all these questions about day-to-day life in a Martian city. Mars offers us the opportunity to start anew—are you ready for lift-off?
Moving to Mars is suitable for ages 8 and up.
Authors:
Eduard Altarriba is a graphic designer and illustrator who runs Alababala, a studio producing games, exhibitions, animation, apps, and practical and fun workbooks for children. He has illustrated a number of books published by GMC Publications, including Discovering Architecture, Discovering Energy, My First Book of Electromagnetism, My First Book of Microbes, My First Book of Quantum Physics, My First Book of Relativity, My First Book of the Cosmos, What is War?, and Migrants. Eduard lives in Barcelona, Spain.
Sheddad Kaid-Salah Ferron is a science and physics enthusiast with degrees in physics and pharmacy. Since graduation, he has been teaching science to children, continuing to study physics, working in the pharmaceutical field, and staring at the universe with his telescope. He now writes popular science books. Sheddad and Eduard Altarriba are an award-winning illustrator and author duo and have written a number of books published by GMC Publications, including My First Book of Electromagnetism, My First Book of Quantum Physics, My First Book of Relativity, and My First Book of the Cosmos. Sheddad lives in Barcelona, Spain.
Book Details
INFORMATION
ISBN: 9781787081581
Publisher: Button Books
Format: Hardback
Date Published: 11 March 2025
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: Button Books
Illustration: 105 Illustrations, color
Audience: Children
DIMENSIONS
Width: 230.0mm
Height: 275.0mm
Weight: 300g
Pages: 56
About the Author
Eduard Altarriba is a graphic designer and illustrator. He runs Alababala, a studio producing games, exhibitions, animation, apps and practical and fun workbooks for children. He has illustrated a number of books published by GMC Publications including, Discovering Architecture, Discovering Energy, My First Book of Electromagnetism, My First Book of Microbes, My First Book of Quantum Physics, My First Book of Relativity, My First Book of the Cosmos, What is War? and Migrants. Eduard lives in Barcelona, Spain. Sheddad Kaid-Salah Ferron is a science and physics enthusiast with degrees in physics and pharmacy. Since graduation he has been teaching science to children, continuing to study physics, working in the pharmaceutical field and staring at the universe with his telescope. He now writes popular science books. Sheddad and Eduard Altarriba are an award-winning illustrator and author duo and have written a number of books published by GMC Publications including My First Book of Electromagnetism, My First Book of Quantum Physics, My First Book of Relativity and My First Book of the Cosmos. Sheddad lives in Barcelona, Spain.
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