Hubble's Universe: Greatest Discoveries and Latest Images
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The first edition of Hubble's Universe displayed 300 pages of high-resolution celestial portraits selected by bestselling astronomy writer Terence Dickinson from the initial 22 years of the Hubble Space Telescope's exploration of distant galaxies. With the telescope now at the apex of its imaging capabilities, this second edition adds another chapter with more than 36 completely new images, including the first publication of a four-page fold-out of the Andromeda Galaxy, the nearest spiral galaxy to Earth, revealing more than one million individual stars. Thanks to Dickinson's expertise with Hubble's history and discoveries and his access to top Hubble scientists for insight and accuracy, the text includes facts and tidbits not found in any other book. Combined with 330 brilliant images, the clear, succinct and illuminating narrative brings to life the fascinating forces at work in the universe.
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About this book
For decades the Hubble Space Telescope has been recording light from distant galaxies, building an archive of more than 500,000 images. From that collection, astronomy writer Terence Dickinson has selected around 330 of the most striking views and gathered them here, pairing the pictures with short, plain explanations of the forces at work in the universe.
This is the book's second edition. The first covered the telescope's opening 22 years of observation across 300 pages, and this version adds a new chapter with more than 36 recent images made as Hubble reached the peak of its imaging ability. Its centerpiece is a four-page fold-out of the Andromeda Galaxy, the nearest spiral galaxy to Earth, printed here for the first time and sharp enough to reveal over a million individual stars.
Dickinson writes with long experience of Hubble's history and direct access to the scientists who work with the telescope, so the text carries facts and small details that have not appeared in other books. The result works both as a picture book to browse and as a guided tour of what astronomers have learned.
