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122 pp.
| Abrams |
March, 2009 |
TradeISBN 978-0-8109-8322-9$19.95
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4-6
This handsome coffee table–style volume organizes its narrative of the solar system from Earth outward, following the path taken by space probe missions over the past fifty years. An introduction briefly describes celestial observation from ancient times through today. Chapters present impressively crisp images of planets and other bodies and descriptions of how and when the pictures were taken. Websites. Bib., glos., ind.