Who knew that the real heroes of the history of science were a charmed lineage of very special cats? Rich in historical, literary, cultural and linguistic detail, this book is a sneaky way to educate your child (or yourself) within the pure enjoyment of great storytelling. Alive with a cast of engaging characters and filled with humor, music, narrow escapes, romance, and the thrill of great discoveries. You'll never see Galileo, Newton, Einstein - or your cat - in quite the same way again! Stunning illustrations.
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Writer, Davis Horner and Illustrator, Kathleen Horner, have written a book about a great dynasty of Astro Cats. Kathleen's photography/digital art talents were used to create a series of unique illustrations for the story, "Tales of the Astro Cats, A Feline History of the Great Astronomers".
Forty-seven of these amazing illustration – all of them blending photography, photo-editing, and a few “old masters” paintings – adorn the book’s 200 pages. Scroll down for a sample of them.
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U Phat Khat sails the Arabian Sea with Marco Polo.
Lucrezia is the first Astro Cat who learns to read.
Astro Cat Giancarlo with Copernicus
Copernicus' Solar System is completely rearranged by his cat.
"... And how she did leap!" Bianca the Cat rescues Erzebeta from the Witch Hunters.
Galileo and Bartolomeo the Cat study the skies above Venice.
Unity the Cat shows her scratch method of writing to Isaac Newton.
"Ask her, then." William Herschel had just discovered something which might have been a planet, but he wasn't sure. Jovianna writes: "It's a planet!" It was, in fact, the planet Uranus.
Maria Mitchell, Pericles the Astro Cat, and family sweep the skies over Nantucket in search of comets.
Sphinx, Edwin Hubble's Astro Cat, sits atop Mount Wilson Observatory contemplating the Andromeda Galaxy.
Apollo and Houston - father and daughter - witness the take-off of Apollo 11 and its journey to the Moon.
