Hubble - Imaging Space And Time

Informationen zum Autor David Devorkin is curator for history and astronomy and the space sciences at the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum. In his more than 30-year career! he has written over 90 articles and seven books. He lives in Maryland. Robert Smith is professor of history and past chair of the Department of History and Classics at the University of Alberta! and formerly a staff member at the National Air and Space Museum. His books include the award-winning The Space Telescope: A Study of NASA! Science! Technology and Politics. He has closely followed Hubble’s history for 20 years. Klappentext Celebrating the most successful telescope ever built! this masterwork reveals the full story of the Hubble! including its recent images of deep space on the eve of its final servicing mission scheduled for late 2008. 125 color photographs. Zusammenfassung A wealth of astonishing images leads us to the very edge of known space, setting the stage for the new James Webb Space Telescope

Product details

• Authors: D Devorkin, David H. DeVorkin, R Smith, Robert Smith
• Publisher: National Geographic Society
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.09.2008
• EAN: 9781426203220
• ISBN: 978-1-4262-0322-0
• No. of pages: 224
• Dimensions: 280 mm x 310 mm x 25 mm
• Subject: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Natural sciences (general)