Outer Space - Observation & Exploration, Astronautical Engineering - Space Stations & Satellites, Astronomy - General & Miscellaneous, Astrophysics & Space Science
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Overview
The reality of space is daunting, even incomprehensible for many people. Consider that the great Sun around which our Earth revolves is a dust mote in a glowing cloud of hundreds of billions of stars called the Milky Way. Consider also that the Milky Way itself is just one of countless galaxies afloat in the vastness of space. The photos in Hubble's Universe bring that reality closer to home, filling us with wonder at the strangeness and beauty of the universe we inhabit. Each breathtaking photograph is accompanied by a clear, informative caption. Simon Goodwin's introduction provides a fascinating account of the Hubble Space Telescope's troubled history, how it works, and its incalculable importance in helping us understand the origins - and perhaps ultimate fate - of our universe. Hubble's Universe is not only for astronomers - it is for anyone, child or adult, who has looked up at the night sky with awe and curiosity.Editorials
Publishers Weekly -
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 objectsplanets, galaxies, nebulaare 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)Booknews
Presents a gallery of 50 color photos of space, accompanied by explanatory text, and an introductory account of the Hubble Space Telescope's troubled history, how it works, and how it is helping us understand the origins of the universe. Among the images are a comet Hale-Bopp, a distant irregular galaxy, Galilean moons, jets from young stars, several planets, star-forming nebulae, star clusters, and supernovae. The explanations are suitable for motivated non- scientists; the photos are for everyone. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.Kirkus Reviews
Mars seen from the relatively close distance of 103 million kilometers; the stormy Great Red Spot above Jupiter's surface; a possible continent or sea spied through the smoggy haze that surrounds the moon Titan; a nebula with gaseous columns so dense and craggy they appear like a heavenly rock formation. These stunning images and many others, transmitted to Earth by the Hubble Space Telescope, are reprinted here in full color. Goodwin, a research astronomer at the University of Sussex in England, provides commentary, and John Gribbin, a leading popular-science writer (Fire on Earth, p. 727, etc.), provides a preface.Book Details
Published
January 1, 1997
Publisher
New York : Penguin Studio : 1997, c1996.
Pages
128
Format
Hardcover
ISBN
9780670873104