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Dreams of Other Worlds - The Amazing Story of Unmanned Space Exploration (Hardcover, New) Loot Price: R880
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Dreams of Other Worlds - The Amazing Story of Unmanned Space Exploration (Hardcover, New)

Chris Impey, Holly Henry

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"Dreams of Other Worlds" describes the unmanned space missions that have opened new windows on distant worlds. Spanning four decades of dramatic advances in astronomy and planetary science, this book tells the story of eleven iconic exploratory missions and how they have fundamentally transformed our scientific and cultural perspectives on the universe and our place in it.

The journey begins with the Viking and Mars Exploration Rover missions to Mars, which paint a startling picture of a planet at the cusp of habitability. It then moves into the realm of the gas giants with the Voyager probes and Cassini's ongoing exploration of the moons of Saturn. The Stardust probe's dramatic round-trip encounter with a comet is brought vividly to life, as are the SOHO and Hipparcos missions to study the Sun and Milky Way. This stunningly illustrated book also explores how our view of the universe has been brought into sharp focus by NASA's great observatories--Spitzer, Chandra, and Hubble--and how the WMAP mission has provided rare glimpses of the dawn of creation.

"Dreams of Other Worlds" reveals how these unmanned exploratory missions have redefined what it means to be the temporary tenants of a small planet in a vast cosmos.

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Imprint: Princeton University Press
Country of origin: United States
Release date: September 2013
First published: 2014
Authors: Chris Impey • Holly Henry
Dimensions: 244 x 164 x 34mm (L x W x T)
Format: Hardcover
Pages: 450
Edition: New
ISBN-13: 978-0-691-14753-6
Categories: Books > Science & Mathematics > Science: general issues > Popular science
Books > Science & Mathematics > Astronomy, space & time > General
Books > Professional & Technical > Other technologies > Space science > General
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LSN: 0-691-14753-1
Barcode: 9780691147536

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