The Cosmic Gallery

The Most Beautiful Images of the Universe

Giles Sparrow (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

224 Seiten

2013
Quercus Publishing (Verlag)
978-1-78087-811-9 (ISBN)

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The Cosmic Gallery contemplates the entire cosmos as a grand celestial art exhibit: an array of stunning images, ranging from easily seen phenomena to the most distant and intricate galaxies, providing the reader with an exciting and beautiful new perspective on the cosmos.

The heavens are alive with breathtaking beauty: from the incandescent surface of the Sun to the shimmering tail of a comet; the birth of planets to the death of stars; the dancing shadows of Jupiter's moons to the silhouettes of eclipses.

The Cosmic Gallery contemplates the entire cosmos as a grand celestial art exhibit. In six thematically organized chapters, Giles Sparrow presents an array of stunning images, ranging from easily seen phenomena to the most distant and intricate galaxies, providing the reader with an exciting and beautiful new perspective on the cosmos.

Giles Sparrow studied Astronomy at University College London, and Science Communication at Imperial College. He has acted as author, consultant and contributor on numerous popular science books, and is the author of, amongst others, The Universe and How to See It, Cosmos, The Stargazer's Handbook, Voyage Across the Cosmos, Cosmos Close-Up and The Universe in 100 Key Discoveries.

Introduction. Near and Far. Order and Chaos. Light and Shadow. Visible and Invisible. Fire and Ice. Beginnings and Endings. Glossary and Index.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	28.2.2013
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	258 x 298 mm
Gewicht	1448 g
Themenwelt	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Natur / Technik ► Weltraum / Astronomie
Themenwelt	Naturwissenschaften ► Physik / Astronomie ► Astronomie / Astrophysik
ISBN-10	1-78087-811-7 / 1780878117
ISBN-13	978-1-78087-811-9 / 9781780878119
Zustand	Neuware