First Light : The Search for the Edge of the Universe by Richard Preston 1996 HC

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Country of Origin
United States
ISBN
0679449698
Narrative Type
Nonfiction
Book Title
First Light : the Search for the Edge of the Universe
Publisher
Random House Publishing Group
Item Length
9.6 in
Publication Year
1996
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Item Height
1 in
Author
Richard Preston
Features
Revised
Genre
Science
Topic
General, Astronomy
Item Weight
18.7 Oz
Item Width
6.5 in
Number of Pages
272 Pages
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Publisher
Random House Publishing Group
ISBN-10
0679449698
ISBN-13
9780679449690
eBay Product ID (ePID)
145201

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Book Title
First Light : the Search for the Edge of the Universe
Number of Pages
272 Pages
Language
English
Topic
General, Astronomy
Publication Year
1996
Features
Revised
Genre
Science
Author
Richard Preston
Format
Hardcover

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Item Height
1 in
Item Weight
18.7 Oz
Item Length
9.6 in
Item Width
6.5 in

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Trade
LCCN
96-013065
Dewey Edition
21
Dewey Decimal
523.1
Edition Description
Revised edition
Synopsis
Seven years before Richard Preston wrote about horrifying viruses inThe Hot Zone, he turned his attention to the cosmos. InFirst Light, he demonstrates his gift for creating an exciting and absorbing narrative around a complex scientific subject--in this case the efforts by astronomers at the Palomar Observatory in the San Gabriel Mountains of California to peer to the farthest edges of space through the Hale Telescope, attempting to solve the riddle of the creation of the universe. Richard Preston's name became a household word withThe Hot Zone, which sold nearly 800,000 copies in hardcover, was onThe New York Times'sbestseller list for 42 weeks, and was the subject of countless magazine and newspaper articles. Preston has become a sought-after commentator on popular science subjects. For this hardcover reprint of what has been called "the best popular account of astronomy in action," (Kirkus Reviews) he has revised the text and written a new introduction.
LC Classification Number
QB44.2.P74 1996

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