Magnificent Universe

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'This landmark bool^lDy Men ©roswfell Is 6 reiTicrkable achlevertient. It brings the awesome beauty of mod-em astronomy out of the technical tomes and IntQ the jSUblic^ealm. Ken Croswell himself maintains his ' reputation here as an equplly awesome writer. He is a public treasure."
—Allan Sandase, Mt. Wilson, Palomar, and The Carnegie Institution of Washington Observatories
"Ken Croswell's lyrical prdSe and the artfully chosen array of stunning images create on informative and compelling tour through the cosmos."
—Brian Greene, Coluivi^a University, author of The Elegant Universe
"Croswell takes us on an Intriguing astronomical tour by presenting detailed views of the cosmos as seen through the four windows of astrophysics: planets, stars, galaxies, and the universe as a whole, The spectacular Images make this book truly magnificent."
—Fred Adams, University of Michigan, coauthor of The Five Ages of The Universe
"A dazzling visual and Intellectual journey The combination of... Tovább

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'This landmark bool^lDy Men ©roswfell Is 6 reiTicrkable achlevertient. It brings the awesome beauty of mod-em astronomy out of the technical tomes and IntQ the jSUblic^ealm. Ken Croswell himself maintains his ' reputation here as an equplly awesome writer. He is a public treasure."
—Allan Sandase, Mt. Wilson, Palomar, and The Carnegie Institution of Washington Observatories
"Ken Croswell's lyrical prdSe and the artfully chosen array of stunning images create on informative and compelling tour through the cosmos."
—Brian Greene, Coluivi^a University, author of The Elegant Universe
"Croswell takes us on an Intriguing astronomical tour by presenting detailed views of the cosmos as seen through the four windows of astrophysics: planets, stars, galaxies, and the universe as a whole, The spectacular Images make this book truly magnificent."
—Fred Adams, University of Michigan, coauthor of The Five Ages of The Universe
"A dazzling visual and Intellectual journey The combination of awe-lnspirlng Imagery and Croswell's authoritative and graceful writing will leave readers feeling privileged to Inhabit such a stunning, vast, and
(varied cosmos,"
—davfd Grinspoon, University of Colorado, author of Venus Revealed
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"This book is a glorious visual feasfl"
.—Michael Liu, University of California at Berkeley
"With prose as evocative as these majestic celestial portraits. Ken Croswell has painted word pictures that bring to life these extraordinary images from space. From our most precious blue planet to the ancient, infant galaxies at the fringes of the observable universe, this awesome tour can't fail to expand our horizons and inspire our imaginations. This is clearly the best cosmic photo album in recent memory." —Owen Gingerich, Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics
|~he awesome wonder of the cosmos has inspired the human imagination for miiiennia; what we learn about the cosmos tells us not just where we are, but who we are. And now, at the turn of this millennium, thanl<s to science and technology that were unimaginable only a century ago, a rich new portrait of our universe has emerged, Magnificent Universe is the most complete, authoritative, and lavish celebration of the heavens ever created. No other book approaches its range of photographs, produced with uncompromising qualily on a majestic scale. With more than one hundred full-color portraits, Magnificent Universe allows you to experience for yourself the beauty of the planets, moons, comets, constellations, stellar nurseries, red giants, supernovoe, spiral galaxies, and quasars—all the way to the edge of space and time,
Harvard-trained astronomer Ken Croswell stunned readers around the world with his previous book. Planet Quest, which Sir John Maddox called "a thrilling account of the discovery of planets in the solar system and elsewhere that stands out for its human interest and its accuracy"
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Now, after years of meticulous research, Dr, Croswell has brought together outstanding photographs fronn leading observatories around the world as well as fronn an armada of interplanetary spacecraft. Images from the Hubble Space Telescope have been digitally reprocessed to create a degree of definition never seen before, With these superb photographs, he guides us through lucidly organized chapters on the planets, the stars, the galaxies, and the universe. Unique color-coded tables on the planets, moons, brightest stars, nearest stars, and Local Group galaxies appear In a useful reference section, along with a glossary and suggestions for further reading.
Magnificent Universe catapults you through the vistas of space that future generations will explore. It is a landmark in the scientific visualization of the cosmos—one that will surely Inspire artists, philosophers, and adventurers of the next century
Ken Croswell istheauthorofthe Internationally successful The Alctiemy of ftie Heavens, which was nominated for a Los Angeles Times Book Prize, and Planet Quest, which was a New York Times Notable Book of the Year and a New Scientist bestseller. He earned his Ph.D. in astronomy from Harvard University and lives in Berkeley California. Vissza