Eyes on the Skies: 400 Years of Telescopic Discovery

✍ Scribed by Govert Schilling; Lars Lindberg Christensen

Publisher: Wiley
Year: 2011
Tongue: English
Category: Library

No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.

✦ Synopsis

Adopted as the official book of the International Year of Astronomy (IYA) 2009, this stunningly illustrated history of telescopic discovery spans the range from the first telescopes via the Hubble Space Telescope to next generation platforms, and how they have changed and continue to change our view of the universe, our place in it and where it all came from. EYES ON THE SKIES features numerous full-page photographs and is printed in high-quality color throughout.
Also includes the official IYA DVD with 59 minutes of narrated text, expert comments and interviews, animations, computer simulations, science results, plus footage from observatories.

✦ Subjects

Science; Nonfiction; SCI004000

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