Hubble: 15 Years of Discovery
- ISBN-10
- 0387285997
- ISBN-13
- 9780387285993
- Series
- Hubble
- Category
- Science
- Pages
- 121
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2006-05-25
- Publisher
- Springer
- Authors
- Lars Lindberg Christensen, Robert A. Fosbury
Description
The book enables you to peer deeply into the wonders of the Universe in full color with unprecedented clarity and resolution Only Hubble Heritage picture book endorsed by the two leading space agencies, NASA and ESA Close-up photos within book are unmatched in competing texts, because the images have been prepared straight from the data by scientists to reach the highest possible quality
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