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Cosmos: An Illustrated Guide to Our Solar System and the Universe
Cosmos An Illustrated Guide to Our Solar System and the Universe Author:John Gribbin, Simon Goodwin Edwin Hubble is fairly regarded as the founder of modern cosmology. Perhaps his most dramatic discovery was the existence of galaxies beyond the Milky Way, which laid the groundwork for understanding the Big Bang and the origins of the Universe. Here, spectacular colour images, primarily from the Hubble Space Telescope, but also from other space... more »- and ground-based telescopes and detectors, trace the history of time through space, beginning with distant quasars and zooming in through swirling galaxies and nebulae before arriving before arriving home in our own solar system. A detailed description of what was discovered in each case and its importance accompanies each photograph while an introductory section examines the many discoveries of the past hundred-odd years.
The second section of the book contains a gallery of breathtaking space imagery, focusing on our own solar system. There are dozens of dramatic, full-page, full-colour images: crater farms on Venus; the spectacular rings of Saturn; Jupiter and its many moons; the swirling tail of the Hale-Bopp comet; spectacular sunflares; Mars; Neptune; icy cosmic debris; and much more. Detailed text accompanying each image provides background information and a roadmap to orient readers.« less