Galaxies
by Timothy Ferris
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Explores and celebrates the great wonder and beauty of the universe in text and photographs, speculating upon its origin and providing informative accounts of the nature of stars, the history of astronomy, and the form of galaxies.Tags
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Although titled "Galaxies", many of the photos in this coffee-table sized book are not of galaxies but either constellations or objects within our own galaxy. Still, this is a very good compilation of images of mostly deep-sky objects.
There is considerable text associated with most images to enrich the readers appreciation of the impressive photos. Some of these photos are black and white, others are in color.
The book has some order to the photos. It starts within our galaxy and by page 68 gets out side our galaxy and offers truly galaxy photos. The author groups interacting galaxies together and also offers a sectionon galaxy clusters. Towards the end of the book is a large section that delves into the known extent of the univerese and show more the position of galaxy clusters within it. show less
There is considerable text associated with most images to enrich the readers appreciation of the impressive photos. Some of these photos are black and white, others are in color.
The book has some order to the photos. It starts within our galaxy and by page 68 gets out side our galaxy and offers truly galaxy photos. The author groups interacting galaxies together and also offers a sectionon galaxy clusters. Towards the end of the book is a large section that delves into the known extent of the univerese and show more the position of galaxy clusters within it. show less
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Timothy Ferris was born on August 29, 1944, in Miami, Florida. He graduated from Northwestern University with a B.A. in 1966 and did graduate work from 1966-1967. Ferris is the author of Coming of Age in the Milky Way, for which he was awarded the American Institute of Physics Prize and nominated for a Pulitzer Prize; The Red Limit; The Whole show more Shebang: A State of the Universe(s) Report; Galaxies; The Mind's Sky; The Science of Liberty: Democracy, Reason, and the Laws of Nature, and other popular books on astronomy and physics. He has received the American Institute of Physics Prize, the American Association for the Advancement of Science Prize, the Klumpke-Roberts Prize, and a Guggenheim Fellowship. Books by Ferris have been nominated for the National Book Award and the Pulitzer Prize. His PBS special, The Creation of the Universe, won an Emmy nomination in 1986. In addition to his books, Ferris is a former editor of Rolling Stone magazine and has authored more than 100 articles, essays, and reviews in such publications as Esquire, Nature, The New Republic, The New York Times Book Review, and Reader's Digest. He is a regular contributor to The New Yorker, writes a column for Scientific American, has served as an essayist for The MacNeil-Lehrer News Hour, and is a commentator for National Public Radio's All Things Considered. Ferris produced the Voyager phonograph record, an artifact of human civilization containing music, the sounds of Earth, and encoded photographs, that was launched aboard the Voyager spacecraft. He serves as a consultant to NASA on long-term space exploration policy. A polymath scholar, Ferris has taught in five disciplines at four universities including City University of New York and University of Southern California. Professor Ferris lives with his wife and family in San Francisco and teaches at the University of California, Berkeley, in the departments of journalism and astronomy, where he is an emeritus professor. (Bowker Author Biography) Timothy Ferris, author of seven books on astronomy, regularly contributes to such publications as The New Yorker, Life, Nature, Esquire, & The New York Times Magazine. He wrote & narrated the award-winning PBS television special "The Creation of the Universe." He lives in San Francisco, California. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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