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The Planets

Dava Sobel
3.63/5 (3965 ratings)
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"The Planets" tells the story of each member of our solar family, from myth and history, astrology and science fiction, to the latest data from the modern era's robotic space probes.

Whether revealing what hides behind Venus's cocoon of acid clouds, describing Neptune's "complex beauty in subtle stripes and spots of royal to navy blue, azure, turquoise, and aquamarine," or capturing first-hand the excitement at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory when the first pictures from Cassini at Saturn were recently beamed to Earth, Dava Sobel's unique tour of the Solar System is filled with fascination and beauty. In lyrical prose interspersed with poems by Tennyson, Blake and others, "The Planets" gives a breathtaking, intimate view of those heavenly bodies that have captured the imagination since humanity's first glimpse of the glittering night skies.

Science, history, biography and storytelling, this book is timely and timeless, and of infinite relevance to this age in which new planets are being discovered elsewhere in our galaxy, around stars other than the Sun.
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231 pages
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Edition:
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eng
ISBN10:
0142001163
ISBN13:
9780142001165
kindle Asin:
B00CB1CJMI

The Planets

Dava Sobel
3.63/5 (3965 ratings)
Read Download
"The Planets" tells the story of each member of our solar family, from myth and history, astrology and science fiction, to the latest data from the modern era's robotic space probes.

Whether revealing what hides behind Venus's cocoon of acid clouds, describing Neptune's "complex beauty in subtle stripes and spots of royal to navy blue, azure, turquoise, and aquamarine," or capturing first-hand the excitement at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory when the first pictures from Cassini at Saturn were recently beamed to Earth, Dava Sobel's unique tour of the Solar System is filled with fascination and beauty. In lyrical prose interspersed with poems by Tennyson, Blake and others, "The Planets" gives a breathtaking, intimate view of those heavenly bodies that have captured the imagination since humanity's first glimpse of the glittering night skies.

Science, history, biography and storytelling, this book is timely and timeless, and of infinite relevance to this age in which new planets are being discovered elsewhere in our galaxy, around stars other than the Sun.
Format:
Pages:
231 pages
Publication:
Publisher:
Edition:
Reprint
Language:
eng
ISBN10:
0142001163
ISBN13:
9780142001165
kindle Asin:
B00CB1CJMI

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