Expanding Universe. The Hubble Space Telescope
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- Author：Charles F. Bolden Jr.
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Summary
Come face to face with the most breathtaking images from the Hubble Telescope， one of the greatest tools in the history of science。 Updated with 30 new images to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the telescope’s launch， these epic pictures have answered some of the most compelling questions of time and space while also revealing new mysteries。 Features texts by photography critic Owen Edwards， Hubble astronauts Charles F。 Bolden， Jr。 and John Mace Grunsfeld， and Zoltan Levay。
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"Do you think it would be legitimate to look at the photographs as art first and science second？[Zoltan Levay] Well， we have done a small number of images just for pure visual aesthetics， and we always hope to produce powerful pictures， but these are real photographs of real places。 If someone wants to see art， it's important to realize that we are trying to present reality， not an artistic vision。So how do you recommend a non-astronomer approach these pictures without being mystified？ I sometim "Do you think it would be legitimate to look at the photographs as art first and science second？[Zoltan Levay] Well， we have done a small number of images just for pure visual aesthetics， and we always hope to produce powerful pictures， but these are real photographs of real places。 If someone wants to see art， it's important to realize that we are trying to present reality， not an artistic vision。So how do you recommend a non-astronomer approach these pictures without being mystified？ I sometimes tell people to look at them as they might look at landscape photographs。 That can help to create a more familiar context。"***O meu fascínio por Astronomia empurrou-me para esta compra compulsiva: o livro saíra há meses e eu não lhe conseguia resistir; desde o momento em que o segurei e comecei a folhear até ao momento em que leio os textos e observo as imagens ainda com mais atenção， constato que a compra impulsiva não me desapontou。 Tornou-se um favorito imediato e， mesmo vendo-lhe algumas imperfeições （tinha lido que a qualidade das imagens podia ser melhor: e podia， em alguns casos a impressão deixa um bocado a desejar; e não compreendo o motivo de umas páginas terem um papel mais acetinado e outras terem um papel mais rugoso， ainda não consegui descortinar esta questão da estranheza do toque）， acho que é um livro absolutamente indispensável para quem morre de amores pelo tema。 O excerto da entrevista a Zoltan Levay que seleccionei relaciona-se muito com aquilo que começou por me atrair na Astronomia: é como ver toda a Humanidade a mapear o que a rodeia， dá-me um sentido de unidade， de espécie， de um todo que se reúne para aperfeiçoar técnicas e metodologias que lhe permita compreender onde está， o que já aconteceu e o que está para acontecer。 De certa forma sim， vejo estas imagens como paisagens， são pontos geográficos， bem demarcados no espaço-tempo - esta viagem solitária do Hubble pelo espaço é quase como a época dos Descobrimentos， em que os navegadores partiam de um ponto conhecido e se preparavam para explorar， criar mapas do que existia para lá do que lhes era familiar， e trazer imagens e descrições de mundos distantes （é romântico， eu sei。。。 mas pesa-me esta analogia， por motivos que não vou expor aqui mas que qualquer humanista poderá deduzir）。 Ao mesmo tempo é inquestionável que estas imagens podem ter outro peso para um não cientista （e para cientistas， arriscaria） - é uma recordação constante da nossa raridade e dimensão; é a memória presente e constante do acaso， da imensa surpresa que é estar aqui， quase às duas da manhã， consciente， a escrever， a comunicar， com outros seres da minha espécie。。。 creio que boa parte deste amor e deste espanto vem de Carl Sagan。。。 。。。more
Bogdan Raț
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The photos are breathtaking， but the quality of the book editing is quite poor with respect to Taschen standards。 There are blank pages now and there for no obvious reason。 And the beholder won't know what he's or she's looking at unless the photo index is consulted。 The photos are breathtaking， but the quality of the book editing is quite poor with respect to Taschen standards。 There are blank pages now and there for no obvious reason。 And the beholder won't know what he's or she's looking at unless the photo index is consulted。 。。。more
Dan Graser
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This is a wonderful coffee-table book of high quality images from the most spectacular camera ever created。 If you even have a passing interest in the work of the HST or our history of imaging the universe in general then you will find much to love here。 I would have loved for more extended commentary that actually pertains to each specific photo， but that is not the format the authors chose。 Their commentary is generally very helpful and most useful to those for whom a lot of the concepts gener This is a wonderful coffee-table book of high quality images from the most spectacular camera ever created。 If you even have a passing interest in the work of the HST or our history of imaging the universe in general then you will find much to love here。 I would have loved for more extended commentary that actually pertains to each specific photo， but that is not the format the authors chose。 Their commentary is generally very helpful and most useful to those for whom a lot of the concepts generated by the Hubble images would be brand new at an expository level。 One of the more educational coffee-table books you could purchase while also containing a singular kind of beauty。 。。。more
Dee
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I FUCKIN LOVE OUTER SPACE
Flora Wong
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2018/6/7
nie
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Première fois que je vois une version imprimée de ces images！ C'est un très beau livre qui cela dit n'est peut-être pas assez fourni en terme de savoir。 L'interview à la fin est intéressante car elle spécifie le traitement des données de Hubble pour la création des images mais ne donne pas beaucoup d'éléments non plus。 Les images ne sont pas accompagnées d'une vraie légende non plus， j'aurais aimé plus de contenus je pense。 Cela dit， le reste est très beau et impressionnant！ Première fois que je vois une version imprimée de ces images！ C'est un très beau livre qui cela dit n'est peut-être pas assez fourni en terme de savoir。 L'interview à la fin est intéressante car elle spécifie le traitement des données de Hubble pour la création des images mais ne donne pas beaucoup d'éléments non plus。 Les images ne sont pas accompagnées d'une vraie légende non plus， j'aurais aimé plus de contenus je pense。 Cela dit， le reste est très beau et impressionnant！ 。。。more
Hussein
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Breathtaking photos。 However， the book lacks brief descriptions of what exactly your are looking at。 Written more for the art than the science。
Will Swan
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Absolutely stunning and mind blowing photos， also a great insight into how the photos we see are created from the original monochrome photos and data from the Hubble。 Only downside to the book is the lack of description for each of the photos stating where they are and what they are， however I highly recommend taking the time to read this book。
Thomas Ray
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Amazing photos from Hubble。 In color， but not the color you would see: instead， they're in the colors you might see if you could see ultraviolet and infrared。There are captions--but only at the end of the book， and only name and location--nothing descriptive。Hubble was launched in 1990， repaired in 1993。 A final maintenance was done 2009。 It's expected to last until 2019。 It will be allowed to crash to Earth。 By then， a better telescope is planned， for far beyond the orbit of the moon。Althoug Amazing photos from Hubble。 In color， but not the color you would see: instead， they're in the colors you might see if you could see ultraviolet and infrared。There are captions--but only at the end of the book， and only name and location--nothing descriptive。Hubble was launched in 1990， repaired in 1993。 A final maintenance was done 2009。 It's expected to last until 2019。 It will be allowed to crash to Earth。 By then， a better telescope is planned， for far beyond the orbit of the moon。Although NASA administrators and astronauts write the text， and of course all the photos are NASA photos， the text is in English， German， and French。 Bizarre choice。 If any other language than English should be used， it's Spanish。 For a NASA work to be published in just French， German， and English is a gesture of disrespect to 25 million hardworking Spanish-speakers in the U。S。 whose taxes help fund the work。 。。。more
Raechel
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These photos are amazing！ So cool to see the universe through the lens of Hubble。
Filipe
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I have only one word to describe this book: breathtaking。As a great image compilation， the book keeps you undeniably thrilled throughout the whole page-turning， which I devoured in probably less than 20 minutes （there's less than 200 hundred pages of images）。 The beauty of the images cannot be put into words， Hubble takes images that push the boundaries of human knowledge， in the beautiful meaning of these words。 The books has a lot of the best images taken from the Hubble and some that are not I have only one word to describe this book: breathtaking。As a great image compilation， the book keeps you undeniably thrilled throughout the whole page-turning， which I devoured in probably less than 20 minutes （there's less than 200 hundred pages of images）。 The beauty of the images cannot be put into words， Hubble takes images that push the boundaries of human knowledge， in the beautiful meaning of these words。 The books has a lot of the best images taken from the Hubble and some that are not so known。The only downfalls regarding the book are that some pages are unexplicably blank and that in a few times the image on the right zooms in the image on the left。 The Hubble's images don't have the ability to zoom in， you can't add more resolution to the one that came from the telescope。 Therefore， by zooming in， the images get blurred， and don't fulfill the zoom's purpose - to see more detail， because it gets blurred。 So I didn't comprehend why the writers had that effort。Overall， the book delivers what it promises - a handful of glorious and astonishing pictures from Hubble Telescope。 My purpose of buying the book was to keep in my drawer beautiful big images from Hubble， so I didn't have to see them through the small-sized pc screen， and I for sure am not minimally disappointed。 I can grab the book anytime and marvel upon the gorgeous images of what lied ahead， with all the details。 。。。more
Gineke
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Loved it！ A book filled with awe inspiring photos from the Hubble space telescope。 While I should warn you that there is very little text in this book， this was actually a plus for me， as it allows you to focus purely on the photos。I wholeheartedly recommend it to everyone！
Dahaka
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