First Light by Richard Preston

First Light by Richard Preston

Seven years before Richard Preston wrote about horrifying viruses in>The Hot Zone, he turned his attention to the cosmos. In>First Light, he demonstrates his gift for creating an exciting and absorbing narrative around a complex scientific subject--in this case the efforts by astronomers at the Palomar Observatory in the San Gabriel Mountains of California to peer to the farthest edges of space through the Hale Telescope, attempting to solve the riddle of the creation of the universe.

Richard Preston's name became a household word with>The Hot Zone, which sold nearly 800,000 copies in hardcover, was on>The New York Times's bestseller list for 42 weeks, and was the subject of countless magazine and newspaper articles. Preston has become a sought-after commentator on popular science subjects.

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ISBN 13	9780812991857
ISBN 10	0812991850
Title	First Light
Author	Richard Preston
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Random House USA Inc
Year published	1996-10-29
Number of pages	304
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