University of California at Berkeley

This book is a glorious visual feast!

Columbia University, author of "The Elegant Universe"

Ken Croswell's lyrical prose and the artfully chosen array of stunning images create an informative and compelling tour through the cosmos.

University of Colorado, author of "Venus Revealed"

A dazzling visual and intellectual journey. The combination of awe-inspiring imagery and Croswell's authoritative and graceful writing will leave readers feeling privileged to inhabit such a stunning, vast, and varied cosmos.

University of Michigan, coauthor of "The Five Ages of The Universe"

Croswell takes us on an intriguing astronomical tour by presenting detailed views of the cosmos as seen through the four windows of astrophysics; planets, stars, galaxies, and the universe as a whole. The spectacular images make this book truly magnificent.

Mt. Wilson, Palomar, and The Carnegie Institution of Washington Observatories

This landmark book by Ken Croswell is a remarkable achievement. It brings the awesome beauty of modern astronomy out of the technical tomes and into the public realm. Ken Croswell himself maintains his reputation here as an equally awesome writer. He is a public treasure.

Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics

With prose as evocative as these majestic celestial portraits, Ken Croswell has pointed word pictures that bring to life these extraordinary images from space. From our most precious blue planet to the ancient, infant galaxies of the fringes of the observable universe, this awesome tour can't fall to expand our horizons and inspire our imaginations. This is clearly the best cosmic photo album in recent memory.