DK GUIDE TO SPACE 1st Edition - Paper - Hardcover

Bond, Peter

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0751358770 ISBN 13: 9780751358773

Publisher: DK ELT/Schools, 1999

Synopsis

We live in an exciting age of space exploration. For the first time we can see billions of light years into space - almost to the beginning of time itself. Every day astronomers witness events that took place long before our Sun and Earth were created. The advent of powerful telescopes such as the Hubble Space Telescope is revolutionising our view of the Cosmos. The latest Hubble pictures show objects 4 billion times fainter than the limit of human vision. While Hubble has been peering into deep space NASA's robotic probes have been exploring our Solar System circling distant planets and even landing on them. The photographs beamed back to Earth reveal with astonishing clarity strange alien landscapes. The Guide to Space draws together the very best of these photographs to create a dramatic new view of the Universe. Author Peter Bond's lively commentary will capture the imagination of anyone who has ever looked into the night sky and wished to know more.

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Review

"there is no doubting the power of the visual effects to add a little extra to simple facts" * Popularscience.co.uk *

Synopsis

By using all the latest NASA space photography large on the page to create a guide to the exploration of space, this book attempts to take the reader on a journey through our universe. It includes all the latest theories, observations and discoveries and the photographs supported by illustrations explain complex ideas of astronomy, cosmology and space exploration. Peter Bond has also written "Including Heroes in Space" and "Reaching for the Stars"

Edition details

• Publisher: DK ELT/Schools
• Publication date: 1999
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0751358770
• ISBN 13: 9780751358773
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1