Synopsis This book is a gallery of beautiful and stunning color photographs accompanied by lucid text. Each is described in understandable terms resulting in the piecing together of the puzzle of the origin of the universe and its expanding nature.
| Details | | Publication Date: | 1997-01-01 |
| Size | | Length: | 127 pages | | Height: | 11.3 in | | Width: | 8.5 in | | Thickness: | 0.5 in | | Weight: | 29.6 oz |
Publisher's Note A gallery of the most significant photographs of space as taken by the Hubble telescope explains what Hubble's achievements can tell us about the universe, its origins, and its future. Astronomy Bk Club, Lib of Science Bk Club, & Natural Science Bk Club.
Industry Reviews The Hubble Space Telescope has revealed with unprecedented clarity the vastness and majesty of the universe. In Hubble's Universe, by Simon Goodwin, with a preface by John Gribbin, composite Hubble images of dozens of objects planets, galaxies, nebula are presented in rich color plates, accompanied by cogent discussion, that will take readers' breath away. (Penguin Studio, $29.95 128p ISBN 0-670-87310-1) Lopate
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