Product Description

High above the Earth's hazy atmosphere, the Hubble Space Telescope has opened up a window on the universe and is returning images and data that are amazing and astounding astronomers. It is showing sarts being born and in their final death throes. It is finding evidence of awesome black holes and new solar systems in the making. And it is peering deeper into space that ever before, looking back to a time when the universe itself was newborn. A lively commentary accompanies the stunning images in this book.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #219600 in Books
• Published on: 2003-09-25
• Original language: English
• Binding: Hardcover
• 176 pages

About the Author
Robin Kerrod is an astronomy and space writer with a string of best-selling titles to his credit, including The Sky at Night, The Star Guide, Apollo, The Journeys of Voyager and History of NASA. He has also authored a multimedia Space Encyclopedia on CD.ROM. A Fellow both of the Royal Astronomical Society and the British Interplanetary Society, he is an avid globe-trotter, travelling to space centres and observatories, and to witness astronomical phenomena such as eclipses and comets. Robin lives near Salisbury, England.

Customer Reviews

Breathtaking
This book has been worth every penny! The pictures are amazing, and the choice of stating with us and moving out in distance to the edge of the the known universe is inspired. Everyone I have shown it to has found it hard to put down. It doesn't contain a lot of information, but this makes it an ideal introduction to the wonders out there.

brilliant book on the universe
This is a well written book on the hubble space telescope with plenty of images to entertain and amaze you. Roben Kerrod does an excellent job of making cosmology theories accessible to the common man. The theories and descriptions of the universe and its wonders are fascinating.