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A detailed text and stunning images reveal t he extent of the Hubble Space Telescope''s resolving power as the authors of this book describe the images that have been sent back by one of astronomy''s greatest success stories. '
About the Author:
John Gribbin is the author of nearly 100 popular science books, including the best-selling IN SEARCH OF SCHRODINGER'S CAT. He has received awards for his writing both in the United States and in Britain. The holder of a PhD in astrophysics from the University of Cambridge, he still maintains links with research as a Visiting Fellow in Astronomy at the University of Sussex, and was a member of a team there that measured the age of the Universe.
While still a student, he received the prestigious Annual Award of the Gravity Research Foundation in the United States, the only student, and the first Englishman working in England, ever to receive this award.
Title: Empire of the Sun : Planets and Moons of the...
Publisher: Little, Brown Book Group Limited
Publication Date: 1998
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Very Good