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Moon 3-D: The Lunar Surface Comes to Life [Hardcover]

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1402765517 978-1402765513 June 2, 2009

The journey to other worlds continues! Following the release of Mars 3-D comes a stunning three-dimensional tour of our celestial neighbor. Astronomer Jim Bell flies readers to the Moon, just in time to celebrate the 40th anniversary of Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin’s famous first steps on the lunar surface.

After a series of brief essays explaining the history and future of lunar exploration, the volume launches into a spectacular showcase of the best 3-D images available, taken by both robotic and human exploration missions; the pictures shot by the Apollo astronauts on their Moon walk receive special attention. In addition, an artistic selection of non-3D photos appears throughout, along with conceptual designs for future moon-based adventures.

 


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“The next best thing to landing on the Moon.”–Buzz Aldrin, Apollo 11 astronaut
 
“Your first three-dimensional look at the Moon will astound you. So will your next few thousand. But while you’re at it, read what Dr. Bell has to say. His insights will knock your moon-boots off.”—Bill Nye, Science Guy® and vice president of The Planetary Society
 
“Jim Bell once again brings a familiar neighbor down to Earth. But he also explores our romance with the Moon, not only as a perennial source of lore, but also as an object of fascination for scientists, and as the space-race destination of our dreams.”—Neil deGrasse Tyson, astrophysicist, American Museum of Natural History, author of Death By Black Hole and The Pluto Files.
 
“Jim Bell’s Moon 3-D provides a delightful sampling of Apollo's stereo-photographs and other images for the enjoyment of the viewer as well as the enlightenment of scientists.”—Dr. Harrison H. “Jack” Schmitt, Apollo 17 astronaut

About the Author

Jim Bell is an astronomer and planetary scientist and an Associate Professor of Astronomy at Cornell University. He is the leader of the Panoramic Camera (Pancam) colour imaging team on the Spirit and Opportunity Mars Exploration Rover missions. Jim is the author of many magazine articles on the rovers and other NASA missions and a frequent guest on radio and television. His most recent books include Mars 3-D9781402756207.

Product Details

  • Hardcover: 160 pages
  • Publisher: Sterling (June 2, 2009)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 1402765517
  • ISBN-13: 978-1402765513
  • Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 6.1 x 0.9 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
  • Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #885,670 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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Jim Bell is a scientist, author, and an extremely active and prolific public communicator of science and space exploration. He is a Professor in the School of Earth and Space Exploration at Arizona State University, an Adjunct Professor of Astronomy at Cornell University, and President of The Planetary Society. He is a frequent contributor to popular astronomy and science magazines like Sky & Telescope and Scientific American, and to radio shows and internet blogs about astronomy and space. He has appeared on television on the NBC "Today" show, on CNN's "This American Morning," on the PBS "Newshour," and on the Discovery and National Geographic cable channels. He has also written three photography-oriented books that showcase some of the most spectacular images of Mars and the Moon acquired during the space program: "Postcards from Mars" (Dutton/Penguin, 2006), "Mars 3-D" (Sterling, 2008), and "Moon 3-D" (Sterling, 2009).

Jim grew up in Rhode Island and received his B.S. in Planetary Science and Aeronautics from Caltech in 1987 and his Ph.D. in Geology & Geophysics from the University of Hawaii in 1992. His research primarily focuses on the geology, geochemistry, and mineralogy of planets, moons, asteroids, and comets using data obtained from telescopes and spacecraft missions. Jim spent 3 years as a National Research Council postdoctoral research fellow at NASA's Ames Research Center in the early 1990s.

Jim is an active planetary scientist and has been heavily involved in many NASA robotic space exploration missions, including the Near Earth Asteroid Rendezvous (NEAR), Mars Pathfinder, Comet Nucleus Tour, Mars Exploration Rover, Mars Odyssey Orbiter, Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter, and the Mars Science Laboratory rover mission. As a member of the Mars Exploration Rover team, Jim has served as the lead scientist in charge of the Panoramic camera (Pancam) color, stereoscopic imaging system on the Spirit and Opportunity rovers. As a professional scientist, Jim has published more than 30 first-authored and 140 co-authored research papers in peer reviewed scientific journals, has authored or co-authored more than 400 short abstracts and scientific conference presentations, and has edited two scientific books for Cambridge University Press (one on the NEAR mission, the other on the surface composition of Mars). He has been an active user of the Hubble Space Telescope, and of ground based telescopes at Mauna Kea Observatory in Hawaii.

To arrange a speaking engagement with Jim Bell, please contact the Penguin Speakers Bureau at speakersbureau@us.penguingroup.com.

 

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4.0 out of 5 stars Historic and fascinating, June 15, 2009
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This review is from: Moon 3-D: The Lunar Surface Comes to Life (Hardcover)
The reviews criticizing the 3-D effects in the book are unfair. Read the opening text and you will see that these are 3-D pictures made by the astronauts using a very crude method of leaning two directions to get two different angles of a scene. The photos were later processed to work in the red-green 3-D method. The resolution was as good as possible using the cameras available to the astronauts in the sixties and we should be grateful they exist at all.

Many of these photos have never been available in a book, Mr. Bell's text is excellent and my five year old son loves it all. I'm in agreement that perhaps separate 3-D glasses should have been included, instead of the viewer fixed to the book. It is a bit awkward to use, but as a father of small boys, I'm glad that the 3-D viewer can't get misplaced.

I also like the other 3-D book by the author, Mars 3-D. The 3-D effects in that one are a bit more effective, made with higher resolution cameras and technology.
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4.0 out of 5 stars Moon 3-D: The Lunar Surface Comes to Life (Hardcover)-Just Buy Some 3-D Glasses, December 6, 2009
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You can believe everything good that Amazon reviewers have written about Moon 3-D: The Lunar Surface Comes to Life (Hardcover). I suggest that you also buy a good set of 3-D glasses (i.e., red-blue) as the ones built into the cover do not work very well, and would lead you believe everything bad that reviewers have written about this book. Amazon offers a good line of plastic full frame and clip on glasses for between 6 and 12 dollars which can also be used for certain videos.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Great book, just like its predecessor, June 26, 2009
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Great fun, highly educational, etc. You can buy a pair of 3D glasses for pennies and use those if you don't like the built-in design, which I personally do (although viewing can sometimes be awkward, but you never lose your glasses this way). The quality of the 3D photos was addressed by another reviewer, but for all that they're not bad at all. Not quite as fun as Mars 3D, but a joy to read through. Definitely more interesting than a 2D book on the moon.
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