Venus! (The Solar System Books for Kids Aged 10 to 110)

VENUS!Our sister in space, our dangerous and cruel sister in space. This jewel of our morning evening skies is fascinating, mysterious, and horribly dangerous. It has been a part of humankind's culture and myth since people first started looking up at the night sky and began to wonder and dream. It is still a source of intrigue, oddity and sometimes downright weirdness:Is a day seriously as long as year on Venus?Why do space probes get destroyed when they land on the planet?Why does the sun rise in the West instead of the East?What has Venus go to do with the Trojan war?Designed for those from ten to infinity, this book is written in an exciting, colorful and informative way.'Venus!' is the fourth book in the series The Solar System Books for kids aged 10 - 110, books showing that astronomy is exciting, dramatic and fun.