Alice and the Space Telescope [Hardcover]

Professor Malcolm S. Longair (Author)

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"The Astronomer Royal for Scotland and Director of the Royal Observatory at Edinburgh has written a whimsical, yet factual introduction to the Hubble Space Telescope. The author, a Lewis Carroll enthusiast, introduces Alice and her friends to guide readers through the story of how the Telescope was built." -- Spaceflight

Product Details

• Hardcover: 208 pages
• Publisher: The Johns Hopkins University Press; First edition. edition (October 1, 1989)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0801828317
• ISBN-13: 978-0801828317
• Product Dimensions: 10.2 x 7.9 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #8,323,608 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4.0 out of 5 stars Wonderland and the Hubble Space Telescope, July 8, 1999

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This review is from: Alice and the Space Telescope (Hardcover)

This book is a wonderful introduction to some of the controversies in astrophysics extant at the time of the Hubble launch. It is highly technical, but the general sense can be derived from the text, which is extremely funny. The author skillfully adapts the scientific controversies to the Adventures of Alice in Wonderland. I read this book aloud to my son when he was around 8 years old. Subsequently, he has re-read this book at least three times. ( I suspect that if one were in the field of astrophysics, which I am not, much would now seem quite dated.)