Empire of the Sun by John Gribbin

Empire of the Sun by John Gribbin

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In recent years the Hubble Space Telescope, and space probes such as Galileo and Mars Surveyor, have produced photographic images of extraordinary clarity and detail. This book presents a selection of such imagery of the wonders of the solar system, accompanied by detailed descriptive text.

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Empire of the Sun by John Gribbin

In recent years the Hubble Space Telescope has provided images of extraordinary clarity and detail which have revolutionized the way in which scientists and incidental stargazers alike perceive the universe. Other space probes, such as Galileo and the Mars Surveyor, have also produced photographic detail once unimaginable. A selection of such space imagery, accompanied by descriptive background text, is presented in this book, which offers a wealth of colour pictures of crater farms on Venus, Saturn's spectacular rings, Jupiter and its many moons, the swirling tail of the Hale-Bopp comet, dramatic sun-flares, Mars, Neptune, icy cosmic debris, and other wonders of the solar system.

John Gribbin is a best-selling author and a visiting fellow in astronomy at the University of Sussex.

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ISBN 13 9780814731178
ISBN 10 0814731171
Title Empire of the Sun
Author John Gribbin
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Hardback
Publisher New York University Press
Year published 1998-10-01
Number of pages 1
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.