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Hubble: 15 Years of Discovery

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This book is a wonderful look at the universe through the eye of the Hubble Space Telescope, which is the single most important space mission ever. The oversize (10 X 12 inch) images are stunningly detailed and beautifully colored. The text is pretty minimal, but it's sufficient to put the pictures into some context.

This is a coffee table book that really does grace the coffee table. You'll find yourself opening it over and over, just to stare at the pictures.

I can't say if fifteen years seems like a long or short time. In one sense, it doesn't seem like that long ago that Hubble went up. In another, it seems as if Hubble has been a fixture in American life, as if it's always been there. It's hard to remember a time when fantastic Hubble imagery didn't come down every few weeks or so.

And of course that's what Hubble is known and, someday, will be remembered for. The astronomers know it as a fantastically useful tool, but everyone else knows it for the stunning imagery. And that's about the way this book handles it. Coffee-table-sized, it contains all the breathtaking photos you could ask for, with text explaining the science behind the photos. But you're going to remember the book - and want it - for the photos, not the text. But that's reason enough.

The pictures are stunning, as one would expect. The naritive is pretty good but a bit basic. Not only is it a good coffee table book it is a nice reference book to have on the shelf.

This is an excellent book containing many of the best photgraphs of the Universe taken by the Hubble Telescope. With its useful lifetime quickly running out, we must get the most of the beauty and the knowledge that it brings to us.

Bought the book used for about 20% of the cover price - the one I received looked untouched.

It's a nice book for coffee tables, easy bed-time browsing, etc. The text is fairly shallow regarding astronomy and Hubble, but definately interesting. I would not consider a reference text. The book does provide some basic information on the subjects presented, but it is, after all, primarily a picture book. The selection of photos is good and the quality of the printing excellent. Only wish the book was larger (but would probably say that no matter how large it was).

I was drawn to the book after downloading numerous fascinating Hubble photos from hubblesite.org - I wanted to learn more about the subjects of the photos and also have something handy to point to when discussing astronomy with friends. The book, so far, has been OK at the first and very good at the latter. Quite happy with this purchase.

If you are interested in cosmology, the universe, space, or astrophysics, this book is a must. The photos are mindboggling. Regardless of where you stand on topics like evolution, the creation of the universe, etc., this book with its incredible photos will expand your perspectives.

This book is all it was advertised to be; like brand new - great buy!

I bought it for a gift & the recipient loved it.

One of most beautifull pictura that I ver seen. If you can travell to the unverse this is the guide.

While undertaking a graduate-level course recently to understand big science project development using the Hubble Space Telescope as a classic example, I ran across this book. The images from HST are as meaningful to me as the Apollo 8 Earthrise. In fact, the younger generations will probably give me awe to the HST images than those stunning first pictures of Earth from Apollo 8 and Apollo 17 published so frequently around the globe. The profound images from the HST are many. This book captures much of the soul-searching visualizations that the HST science team has provided us. It is not a full-blown text of the technical aspects of the HST, but it is a high-qaulity picture book of results of BIG science.

I really enjoyed reading it-was impressed with the photos, too--I showed it to my daughter, who was impressed with the photos also.