Hubble; Imaging Space and Time

Devorkin, David; Smith, Robert W.

ISBN 10: 1426203225 / ISBN 13: 9781426203220

Published by National Geographic, Washington, D. C., 2008

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Bound in the publishers original black paper over boards. With full-page, full-color illustrations throughout.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Hubble; Imaging Space and Time
• Publisher: National Geographic, Washington, D. C.
• Publication Date: 2008
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1426203225
• ISBN 13: 9781426203220
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st.
• Condition: Near fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: near fine
• Seller catalogs:
  • Science & Medicine
  • book

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Synopsis

In the spirit of National Geographic’s top-selling Orbit, this large-format, full-colour volume stands alone in revealing more than 200 of the most spectacular images from the Hubble Space Telescope during its lifetime, to the very eve of the 2008 final shuttle mission to the telescope. Written by two of the world’s foremost authorities on space history, Hubble: Imaging Space and Time, illuminates the solar system’s workings; the expansion of the universe; the birth and death of stars; the formation of planetary nebulae; the dynamics of galaxies. and the mysterious force known as “dark energy.” The authors reveal the inside story of Hubble’s beginnings, its controversial early days, the drama of its first servicing missions, and the creation of the dynamic images that reach into the deepest regions of visible space, close to the time when the universe began.

About the Author

David Devorkin is curator for history and astronomy and the space sciences at the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum. In his more than 30-year career, he has written over 90 articles and seven books. He lives in Maryland.

Robert Smith is professor of history and past chair of the Department of History and Classics at the University of Alberta, and formerly a staff member at the National Air and Space Museum. His books include the award-winning The Space Telescope- A Study of NASA, Science, Technology and Politics. He has closely followed Hubble's history for 20 years.