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- Condition
- Book Title
- Planets
- Publication Name
- The Planets
- Title
- The Planets
- Format
- Uk-B Format Paperback
- ISBN-10
- 0142001163
- EAN
- 9780142001165
- ISBN
- 9780142001165
- Publisher
- Penguin Publishing Group
- Genre
- Science, Literary Collections
- Release Date
- 31/10/2006
- Release Year
- 2006
- Language
- English
- Country/Region of Manufacture
- US
- Item Height
- 0.7in
- Item Length
- 7.6in
- Item Width
- 5.1in
- Item Weight
- 8 Oz
- Publication Year
- 2006
- Topic
- History, Astronomy, Essays
- Number of Pages
- 288 Pages
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Dava Sobel's The Glass Universe will be available from Viking in December 2016 With her bestsellers Longitude and Galileo's Daughter , Dava Sobel introduced readers to her rare gift for weaving complex scientific concepts into a compelling narrative. Now Sobel brings her full talents to bear on what is perhaps her most ambitious topic to date-the planets of our solar system. Sobel explores the origins and oddities of the planets through the lens of popular culture, from astrology, mythology, and science fiction to art, music, poetry, biography, and history. Written in her characteristically graceful prose, The Planets is a stunningly original celebration of our solar system and offers a distinctive view of our place in the universe. * A New York Times extended bestseller * A Featured Alternate of the Book-of-the-Month Club, History Book Club, Scientific American Book Club, and Natural Science Book Club * Includes 11 full-color illustrations by artist Lynette R. Cook "[ The Planets ] lets us fall in love with the heavens all over again." - The New York Times Book Review "Playful . . . lyrical . . . a guided tour so imaginative that we forget we're being educated as we're being entertained." - Newsweek " [Sobel] has outdone her extraordinary talent for keeping readers enthralled. . . . Longitude and Galileo's Daughter were exciting enough, but The Planets has a charm of its own . . . . A splendid and enticing book." - San Francisco Chronicle "A sublime journey. [Sobel's] writing . . . is as bright as the sun and its thinking as star-studded as the cosmos." - The Atlanta Journal-Constitution "An incantatory serenade to the Solar System. Grade A-" - Entertainment Weekly "Like Sobel's [ Longitude and Galileo's Daughter ] . . . [ The Planets ] combines masterful storytelling with clear, engaging explanations of the essential scientific facts." - Physics World
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Penguin Publishing Group
ISBN-10
0142001163
ISBN-13
9780142001165
eBay Product ID (ePID)
53559918
Product Key Features
Book Title
Planets
Format
Uk-B Format Paperback
Language
English
Topic
History, Astronomy, Essays
Publication Year
2006
Genre
Science, Literary Collections
Number of Pages
288 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
7.6in
Item Height
0.7in
Item Width
5.1in
Item Weight
8 Oz
Additional Product Features
Grade from
Twelfth Grade
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Up
Reviews
"Playful . . . lyrical . . . a guided tour so imaginative that we forget we're being educated as we're being entertained." -- Newsweek "[Sobel] has outdone her extraordinary talent for keeping readers enthralled. . . . Longitude and Galileo's Daughter were exciting enough, but The Planets has a charm of its own . . . . A splendid and enticing book." --San Francisco Chronicle "A sublime journey. [Sobel's] writing . . . is as bright as the sun and its thinking as star-studded as the cosmos." -- The Atlanta Journal-Constitution "An incantatory serenade to the Solar System. Grade A-" -- Entertainment Weekly "Like Sobel's [ Longitude and Galileo's Daughter ] . . . [ The Planets ] combines masterful storytelling with clear, engaging explanations of the essential scientific facts." -- Physics World, "Playful . . . lyrical . . . a guided tour so imaginative that we forget we're being educated as we're being entertained." - Newsweek "[Sobel] has outdone her extraordinary talent for keeping readers enthralled. . . . Longitude and Galileo's Daughter were exciting enough, but The Planets has a charm of its own . . . . A splendid and enticing book." -San Francisco Chronicle "A sublime journey. [Sobel's] writing . . . is as bright as the sun and its thinking as star-studded as the cosmos." - The Atlanta Journal-Constitution "An incantatory serenade to the Solar System. Grade A-" - Entertainment Weekly "Like Sobel's [ Longitude and Galileo's Daughter ] . . . [ The Planets ] combines masterful storytelling with clear, engaging explanations of the essential scientific facts." - Physics World, "Playful . . . lyrical . . . a guided tour so imaginative that we forget we're being educated as we're being entertained." --Newsweek "[Sobel] has outdone her extraordinary talent for keeping readers enthralled. . . . Longitude and Galileo's Daughter were exciting enough, but The Planets has a charm of its own . . . . A splendid and enticing book." --San Francisco Chronicle "A sublime journey. [Sobel's] writing . . . is as bright as the sun and its thinking as star-studded as the cosmos." --The Atlanta Journal-Constitution "An incantatory serenade to the Solar System. Grade A-" --Entertainment Weekly "Like Sobel's [Longitude and Galileo's Daughter] . . . [The Planets] combines masterful storytelling with clear, engaging explanations of the essential scientific facts." --Physics World
Table of Content
Model Worlds (Overview) Genesis (The Sun) Mythology (Mercury) Beauty (Venus) Geography (Earth) Lunacy (The Moon) Sci-Fi (Mars) Astrology (Jupiter) Music of the Spheres (Saturn) Night Air (Uranus and Neptune) UFO (Pluto) Planeteers (Coda) Acknowledgments Glossary Details Bibliography Index
Target Audience
Trade
Dewey Decimal
523.2
Dewey Edition
22
Illustrated
Yes
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