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Product Description The Hubble Space Telescope's spectacular pictures of nearby planets, remote stars, and distant galaxies captured the public imagination in a way not seen since the heady days of the Apollo Space Program. In Visions of Heaven, we see their full range, from the stellar nurseries where young stars are hatched out of immense clouds of gas and dust, to the magnificent remains, glowing across billions of miles, of once-mighty stars. But Hubble has brought us more than just glorious pictures: it offers new insights into the cosmos, and with them, the glimmering of answers to some of the most fundamental human questions. What really happened "in the beginning?" Is there life on other planets? What does the future hold? To the astronomer's eye, each of the Hubble pictures may tell a clear story, but the casual reader needs a guide to see and appreciate the deeper order contained within the images. Now, Visions of Heaven presents these remarkable pictures with a concise narrative that reveals the thrilling and moving stories behind them.
CUSTOMER REVIEWS (Average Customer Rating: 3.5 based on 3 reviews)
Non Fiction Very pretty, basically I bought it for the cover picture, which I had seen before, and would be happy to have a big poster of, one day, or of something similar. Apart from the very nice space photography, some Hubble information is given. A book with many beautiful pictures, if you are interested in what is way out there in the galaxy. September 03, 2007
An Excellent View of the Universe I think that anyone who rates this book on its "coffee table" worthiness, is doing a disservice to this excellent book. While maybe not qualifying for the coffee table, this book provides an amazing assortment of pictures taken not only from the Hubble Space Telescope (HST), but also contrasting them with pictures available only from Earth-based telescopes prior to the existence of the HST. Almost every page of the book contains spectacular pictures from the HST, along with clear descriptions of what is occurring within each photograph. The book begins with a brief description of the history of the HST, then onto exploring our own solar system, and then outward to the stars themselves. This book is a welcome addition to anyone interested in seeing and learning about our amazing universe. March 21, 2001
Disappointing - if you're looking for pictures My desire was to have a coffee table book to show the glory of the heavens (and especially their Creator). Despite a great looking cover, though, I was disappointed to find that this was not a coffee-table book. I wanted good pictures but found most of the ones in here to be kind of blurry, not striking like those presented (more briefly) in Nightwatch. December 26, 2000