Under Alien Skies
โ Scribed by Philip Plait
- Book ID
- 111841290
- Publisher
- W. W. Norton & Company
- Year
- 2023
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 7 MB
- Category
- Fiction
- ISBN-13
- 9780393867312
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
โฆ Synopsis
A rip-roaring tour of the cosmos with the Bad Astronomer, bringing you up close and personal with the universe like never before.
Have you ever wondered what it would be like to travel the universe? How would Saturn's rings look from a spaceship sailing just above them? If you were falling into a black hole, what's the last thing you'd see before getting spaghettified? While traveling in person to most of these amazing worlds may not be possible--yet--the would-be space traveler need not despair: you can still take the scenic route through the galaxy with renowned astronomer and science communicator Philip Plait.
On this lively, immersive adventure through the cosmos, Plait draws ingeniously on both the latest scientific research and his prodigious imagination to transport you to ten of the most spectacular sights outer space has to offer. In vivid, inventive scenes informed by rigorous science--injected with a dose of Plait's...
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