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Exploring the Solar System (Hardcover)

~ Nicholas Booth (Author)
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This gorgeous book takes readers on an armchair tour of the solar system, and includes some of the most recent images available of the planets, moons and debris that circle our sun. The prose is crystal-clear, telling us what we do and do not know about this corner of the galaxy. But the vivid pictures -- more than 300 of them in full-color -- are the main attraction, and deservedly so. They are simply beautiful. Considering what it delivers, Exploring the Solar System comes with a surprisingly low sticker price. It's a real bargain.

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Exploring The Solar System chronicles more than 30 years of planetary exploration, revealing the Solar System in all its colorful glory. At one time, the planets and moons of our Solar System were elusive and distant worlds that shimmered tantalizingly through telescope eyepieces; today they are landscapes as vivid and real as those of our own planet. Robotic explorers on missions deep into space and new techniques of image processing have provided us with remarkably realistic views of planetary surfaces and have led to the visual bounty of Noah Booth's Exploring The Solar System. With more than 300 NASA pictures, Exploring The Solar System describes and explains the important scientific advances that have been make in the course of space explorations, including recent discoveries about our own planet through satellite imaging. It also tells a story rich in drama and surprises about the ingenuity and indomitable pioneering spirit that has enabled scientists to reach out and explore the farthest reaches of the Solar System. -- Midwest Book Review

Product Details

  • Hardcover: 176 pages
  • Publisher: Cambridge University Press; 1ST edition (September 13, 1996)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0521580056
  • ISBN-13: 978-0521580052
  • Product Dimensions: 11.8 x 9.3 x 0.8 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 2.6 pounds
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
  • Amazon.com Sales Rank: #3,517,661 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Exploring the Solar System, May 9, 2001
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Outstanding pictures from decades of space research are the main feature of this book. The lively text avoids numbers and math, sometimes using factoids rather than numerical values. The illustrations include actual pictures and computer enhanced or artist conceptions of various space missions. The text is dotted with interesting historical tidbits about those missions and the people involved. But the real reason to get this book is for the wonderful illustrations. The printing quality and color reproductions are outstanding.
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