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The Planets (Paperback)
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The Planets (Paperback)
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Loot Price R323
Discovery Miles 3 230
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After the huge national and international success of 'Longitude'
and 'Gallileo's Daughter', Dava Sobel tells the human story of the
nine planets of our solar system. This groundbreaking new work
traces the 'lives' 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, 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. Timely and timeless, 'The
Planets' will engage and delight as it unravels the mysteries of
the cosmos. It is of infinite relevance to this age in which new
planets are being discovered elsewhere in our galaxy.
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