Universe
by Nicholas Cheetham
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Travel through the Universe at the speed of light and explore its 200 most remarkable sights. An original and timely journey into space. With almost daily news reports on freshly discovered planets and galaxies; the drama of the Beagle, Cassini and Discovery missions; and plans for yet more probes and missions to the Moon and Mars, the subject of Space is at its most topical in decades. Simply and beautifully designed - a great gift. Better and newer images than any other current book on show more space. Contents include: A Journey at the Speed of Light - An Introduction; Journey's Beginning - The Solar System; Through Our Galaxy; Into the Magellanic Clouds; Intergalactic Travel; Journey's End - At the Edge of the Universe. show lessTags
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Great book. Had it spiral bound with plastic covers to extend the life of this book.
Incredible pictures of our solar system and beyond.
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Common Knowledge
- Canonical title
- Universe
- Original publication date
- 2005
- Important places
- Universe
- Dedication
- For Tabitha
- First words
- Tonight the light of an ancient supernova will finally reach Earth.
Untold millennia ago, in a distant galactic halo, a giant star spent the last week of its life forging an iron heart. - Last words
- (Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)There is more to the universe than meets the eye. 87 perfect of the cosmos is not only invisible to us, but it probably doesn't even consist of the same species of matter as us. As this computer simulation shows, such 'dark matter' - rather than planets, stars or galaxies - is the real stuff of our universe. A dense tissue of filaments that binds galaxies together and weaves the web to which they cluster.
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- Languages
- English
- Media
- Paper
- ISBNs
- 9
- ASINs
- 2
