Product Description

The Universe: 365 Days has been created by the founders of 'Astronomy Picture of the Day', a website created and maintained by two astrophysicists in collaboration with NASA that has been in existence since 1995. The site has become one of the most popular on the web - it now gets one million hits a week. Using this website as a resource for The Universe: 365 Days, this book contains a visually stunning group of the best and most educational astronomy-based images available. The text that accompanies each picture is both fun and informative, engaging the reader with questions, anecdotes and the wonders of the cosmos.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #201789 in Books
• Published on: 2003-05-19
• Original language: English
• Binding: Hardcover
• 744 pages

About the Author
Robert J. Nemiroff is an Associate Professor of Physics at the Michigan Technological University with a PhD in Astronomy and Astrophysics from the University of Pennsylvania. He co-created 'Astronomy Picture of the Day' with Jerry T. Bonnell in collaboration with NASA in 1995. Jerry T. Bonnell is an astrophysicist who has been working at NASA since 1988 after receiving his PhD in 1987 from the University of Maryland.

Customer Reviews

A wonderful book - even the adults will be entranced
This book contains a selection of the finest photographs taken by state of the art telescopes from around the world. There is rarely a page that fails to amaze, with this carefully selected range of colourful and beautiful celestial objects. An excellent conversation piece for dinner, as even the most serious of colleagues and friends will be astounded by what is "up there". On the left page of each double, there is an interesting explanation of the phenomenon observed in the picture on the right. You can come back time and time again to this book. Children are also routinely entranced by the strange patterns apparent in our sky. The book itself is of the finest quality, with a stunning photo on the front cover that catches the eye.

An excellent buy.

A celestial feast for the eyes
This is a fascinating book to dip into. It is laid out as a daily calendar with a different picture and accompanying notes for each day of the year. The pictures range from views of the earth's surface or of astronauts and equipment on the moon to the most stunning visions of subjects such as the once-molten surface of Venus, the perfect spiral galaxy, and some awesome nebulae.

It is just jaw-droppingly wonderful to actually see some of the incredible sights that are out there in space, so beautiful, colourful and varied. Makes you look up into the sky above your home with a whole different perspective on just how much is out there.

Fascinating for kids and adults alike, this is an inspiring book both to own and to give away. Buy it!