VINTAGE 2005 THE GRAND TOUR – A TRAVELER’S GUIDE TO THE SOLAR SYSTEM.
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Item specifics
- Condition
- Like New
- Seller Notes
- “In excellent condition.”
- Vintage
- Yes
- ISBN
- 9780761135470
- Book Title
- Grand Tour : a Traveler's Guide to the Solar System
- Publisher
- Workman Publishing Company, Incorporated
- Item Length
- 10.1 in
- Edition
- 3
- Publication Year
- 2005
- Format
- Trade Paperback
- Language
- English
- Illustrator
- Yes
- Item Height
- 0.6 in
- Features
- New Edition
- Genre
- Art, Science
- Topic
- Astronomy, Subjects & Themes / General
- Item Weight
- 38.2 Oz
- Item Width
- 8 in
- Number of Pages
- 304 Pages
About this product
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Workman Publishing Company, Incorporated
ISBN-10
0761135472
ISBN-13
9780761135470
eBay Product ID (ePID)
45024398
Product Key Features
Edition
3
Book Title
Grand Tour : a Traveler's Guide to the Solar System
Number of Pages
304 Pages
Language
English
Topic
Astronomy, Subjects & Themes / General
Publication Year
2005
Illustrator
Yes
Features
New Edition
Genre
Art, Science
Format
Trade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height
0.6 in
Item Weight
38.2 Oz
Item Length
10.1 in
Item Width
8 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
2005-043655
Dewey Edition
22
TitleLeading
The
Dewey Decimal
523.2
Edition Description
New Edition
Table Of Content
Introducing the Territory PART I: THE FIFTEEN LARGEST WORLDS JUPITER: Planet of the Gods SATURN: Lord of the Rings URANUS: A Sideways World NEPTUNE: The Last Giant EARTH: The Planet of Life VENUS: The Veiled Inferno MARS: The Rusted Planet GANYMEDE: A New Wrinkle TITAN: The Masked Moon MERCURY: Child of the Sun CALLISTO: The Battered Moon IO: A World Turning Inside Out THE MOON: Earth's Companion EUROPA: An Icy Cue Ball TRITON: A World Out of Place PART II: SELECTED SMALLER WORLDS Pluto and Charon Titania and Oberon Rhea Iapetus Umbriel and Ariel Dione and Tethys 1 Ceres Enceldus 4 Vesta Miranda Mimas Nereid 624 Hektor Amalthea 2060 Chiron Janus and Epimetheus Themus Naiad Comet P/Schwassmann-Wachmann I Phobos and Deimos 951 Gaspra Halley's Comet 1221 Amor and 1862 Apollo 4769 Castalia and 4179 Toutatis 1991 BA APPENDIX Glossary Further Reading Index
Synopsis
Anyone with a little extra cash and a plane ticket can take a grand tour of Europe. But a tour of the Solar System? Now thats an experience deserving of the word grand. Introducing the new edition of the book praised as spectacular (London Times), eye-boggling (Future Life),concise and informative . . . the colorful and imaginative paintings steal the show (Chicago Tribune), with page after page filled with new color paintings, each the well-controlled evocation of a spectacular scene (Scientific American).Originally published in 1981 and revised in 1993, The Grand Tour, an astronomy classic with 196,000 copies in print, takes readers on an imaginative trip through every corner of the solar system, in much the same way as Cooks once took travelers on a grand tour of the Continent. Completely updated and revised and drawing on discoveries made by Voyager I and II, Magellan, Galileo, the Hubble Space Telescope, the Mars Global Surveyor Mission and other space initiatives, The Grand Tour is a dazzling journey that combines lush art and up-to-the-minute science. One hundred new paintings give travelers an unprecedented view of phenomena such as Saturns rings from Saturn itself; the rusty-red dune fields of Mars; the rugged surface of Mercury, saturated with impact craters; and the Kuiper Belt of planetesimals, the largest of which is Plutonow considered a half-planet. From the vast reaches of Jupiter to tiny frozen Rhea, like a snowball orbiting around Saturn, it is a journey of astonishing proportions., Anyone with a little extra cash and a plane ticket can take a "grand tour" of Europe. But a tour of the Solar System? Now that's an experience deserving of the word grand . Introducing the new edition of the book praised as "spectacular" ( London Times ), "eye-boggling" ( Future Life ),"concise and informative . . . the colorful and imaginative paintings steal the show" ( Chicago Tribune ), with "page after page filled with new color paintings, each the well-controlled evocation of a spectacular scene" ( Scientific American ).Originally published in 1981 and revised in 1993, The Grand Tour , an astronomy classic with 196,000 copies in print, takes readers on an imaginative trip through every corner of the solar system, in much the same way as Cook's once took travelers on a grand tour of the Continent. Completely updated and revised and drawing on discoveries made by Voyager I and II , Magellan , Galileo , the Hubble Space Telescope , the Mars Global Surveyor Mission and other space initiatives, The Grand Tour is a dazzling journey that combines lush art and up-to-the-minute science. One hundred new paintings give travelers an unprecedented view of phenomena such as Saturn's rings from Saturn itself; the rusty-red dune fields of Mars; the rugged surface of Mercury, saturated with impact craters; and the Kuiper Belt of planetesimals, the largest of which is Pluto-now considered a half-planet. From the vast reaches of Jupiter to tiny frozen Rhea, like a snowball orbiting around Saturn, it is a journey of astonishing proportions., Hurricanes so enormous that the earth itself could be lost in one; a volcano larger than the state of Missouri and higher than Everest; a planet with a billion moons; a planet that rotates on its side; worlds made of solid ice; a world where it rains gasoline. These are not inventions of fantasy or science fiction, but are places that really exist-in our own solar system. Now with 190,000 copies in print, here is a spectacular Grand Tour of the solar system featuring a unique blend of science and art-photographs along with dazzling full-color paintings, drawings, and maps based on years of astronomer William Hartmann's research, personal observation, and interviews with colleagues. In text and diagrams, too, The Grand Tour explains how the strange and uncanny worlds on the journeys came to be, and what it would be like to actually set foot upon them today. The book includes an atlas of the planets and their satellites, and of the Earth's moon. Complete with a selection of previously unpublished photographs taken by the Apollo astronauts, and by the Mariner, Viking, and Pioneer planetary probes, The Grand Tour is unique and breathtaking, majestic and eerie, and wonderful, taking the reader to more, and to the beyond. Selection of the Book-of-the-Month Club , Quality Paperback Book Club , and Newbridge Book Club ., Anyone with a little extra cash and a plane ticket can take a " grand tour" of Europe. But a tour of the Solar System? Now that's an experience deserving of the word grand. Introducing the new edition of the book praised as " spectacular" (London Times), " eye-boggling" (Future Life), " concise and informative . . . the colorful and imaginative paintings steal the show" (Chicago Tribune), with " page after page filled with new color paintings, each the well-controlled evocation of a spectacular scene" (Scientific American).Originally published in 1981 and revised in 1993, The Grand Tour, an astronomy classic with 196,000 copies in print, takes readers on an imaginative trip through every corner of the solar system, in much the same way as Cook's once took travelers on a grand tour of the Continent. Completely updated and revised and drawing on discoveries made by Voyager I and II, Magellan, Galileo, the Hubble Space Telescope, the Mars Global Surveyor Mission and other space initiatives, The Grand Tour is a dazzling journey that combines lush art and up-to-the-minute science. One hundred new paintings give travelers an unprecedented view of phenomena such as Saturn's rings from Saturn itself; the rusty-red dune fields of Mars; the rugged surface of Mercury, saturated with impact craters; and the Kuiper Belt of planetesimals, the largest of which is Pluto-- now considered a half-planet. From the vast reaches of Jupiter to tiny frozen Rhea, like a snowball orbiting around Saturn, it is a journey of astonishing proportions.
LC Classification Number
QB501.2.M54 2005
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