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Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Formats
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Traces the efforts of an elite scientific team who tested Einstein's theory of relativity during a historic mission to photograph a black hole, addressing key questions about time, space, and the nature of the universe.
"[This book] follows a team of elite scientists on their historic mission to take the first picture of a black hole, putting Einstein's theory of relativity to its ultimate test and helping to answer our deepest questions about space,...
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Series
Publisher
Abdo & Daughters
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
"This title introduces young photographers to making images of the stars and planets. Through clear text and stunning photography, readers will learn the techniques needed to capture nighttime scenes. Topics covered include shooting star fields, the moon, solar and lunar eclipses, and the milky way. Choosing the proper equipment is also discussed, from DSLRs to telescopes."--Amazon.com.
Author
Publisher
Voyageur Press
Pub. Date
2009.
Language
English
Description
To gaze at the stars is one thing; to capture that gaze in photographs is something else, a tantalizing scientific art that many attempt and few master. That rare mastery is on full display in this beautiful volume of space photography from thirty of the most accomplished astrophotographers in the world, both professional and amateur. Galaxies, star clusters, nebulae, and other deep-sky treasures fill the pages. Along with the marvels of the night...
Author
Publisher
David C. Cook
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
English
Description
This captivating audio book brings together devotional insight, scientific thought, and magnificent images of the universe. The psalmist sang that the heavens declare the glory of God (19:1). Throughout this stunning audio, Louie Giglio and Matt Redman join in that very same songnoting just how powerfully the wonders of the cosmos can speak to us of the majesty and mercy of our Maker.
Publisher
Distributed by PBS Distribution
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
A groundbreaking two-hour special that reveals a spectacular new space-based vision of our planet. Produced in extensive consultation with NASA scientists, this special takes data from earth-observing satellites and transforms them into dazzling visual sequences, each one exposing the intricate and surprising web of forces that sustain life on earth.
Author
Publisher
Taschen
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
To Infinity and Beyond Journey through the U.S. space program's fascinating pictorial history On October 1, 1958, the world's first civilian space agency opened for business as an emergency response to the Soviet Union's launch of Sputnik a year earlier. Within a decade, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, universally known as NASA, had evolved from modest research teams experimenting with small converted rockets into one of the greatest...
Author
Publisher
University of New Mexico Press
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
The race to space between the United States and the Soviet Union captured the popular imagination. On April 12, 1961, the USSR launched cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin on a one-orbit flight, making him the first human in space. Three weeks later, American astronaut Alan B. Shepard Jr. flew 116 miles above Earth before splashing down in the Bahamas. Over the next twenty years astronauts emerged as national heroes. This book tells the story of the people and...
14) Indescribable
Series
Publisher
Sparrow Records
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
Louis Giglio delivers a talk about God's creation of the universe, with images of space photography.
16) Earth from space
Publisher
PBS Distribution
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
Earth From Space is a groundbreaking two-hour special that reveals a spectacular new space-based vision of our planet. Produced in extensive consultation with NASA scientists, this special takes data from earth-observing satellites and transforms them into dazzling visual sequences, each one exposing the intricate and surprising web of forces that sustain life on earth.
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Publisher
Firefly Books
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
"The launch of the Hubble Space Telescope in 1990 was the first time humans had sent a telescope into space, beyond the distorting effects caused by looking through the Earth's atmosphere. Aided by stunning photography from Hubble, this book describes how Hubble gathers imagery and transmits it to Earth and discusses the telescope's top discoveries. It also explores the stormy weather on our solar system's planets and moons,star clusters, nebulas...
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