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Embark on the most astounding of odysseys, a voyage into realms not only stranger than we can imagine but also far, far more beautiful. "Universe: A Journey from Earth to the Edge of the Cosmos" leads us into a celestial panorama that extends for 130 billion trillion kilometres (80 billion trillion miles) in every direction, and allows us to explore nearly 200 of the most extraordinary astronomical views ever uncovered. Complementing these up-to-date and spectacular images are enlightening descriptions of the planets, stars, nebulae, white dwarfs, supernovae, black holes and other exotica that populate our universe.
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Take a journey into realms both stranger and more beautiful than you ever imagined: Universe embarks on a 13.7-billion-light-year journey from Earth to the edge of the cosmos and the beginning of time. Universe the book: Explore over 200 astonishing planets, stars, nebulae, white dwarfs, supernovae, black holes and galaxies; A wealth of cosmic facts of data; Fully up-to-date with the most dramatic astronomical images every captured; Images from Cassini, Chandra X-ray Observatory, Deep Space 1, Galileo, Hubble Space Telescope, Magellan, Mariner, Mars Express, Mars Global Surveyor, Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, Mercury MESSENGER, NEAR Shoemaker, Spitzer Space Telescope, Stardust, SOHO, TRACE, Venus Express, Viking and Voyagers I and II. Universe the DVD: Travel 13.7 billion light years from Earth to the very edge of the universe; Computer animation brings deep space to life; Bonus extra - A high-resolution gallery of 50 of the best-ever space images for your desktop or screensaver.
Nicolas Cheetham studied at the University of Edinburgh where he read Classics and Byzantine history as well as Artificial Intelligence, before working as an editor specializing in popular science. He is the author of Earth: A New Perspective and lives in London.
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- PublisherQuercus Publishing
- Publication date2005
- ISBN 10 1905204000
- ISBN 13 9781905204007
- BindingHardcover
- Number of pages224
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