Dava Sobel's book Longitude became an international best-seller, and has been translated into more than twenty foreign languages. In her latest book The Planets she uses her unique skill to turn complex scientific ideas into beautifully written, easy to understand and delightful prose. Download and read the extract and be light years ahead of your reading friends.
This groundbreaking new work traces the lives of each member of our solar family, from myth and history, astrology and science fiction, to the latest data from the modern era's robotic space probes.
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This groundbreaking new work traces the lives of each member of our solar family, from myth and history, astrology and science fiction, to the latest data from the modern era's robotic space probes. Whether revealing what hides behind Venus's cocoon of acid clouds, describing Neptune's 'complex beauty in subtle stripes and spots of royal to navy blue, azure, turquoise, and aquamarine', or capturing first-hand the excitement at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory when the first pictures from Cassini at Saturn were recently beamed to earth, Dava Sobel's unique tour of the solar system is filled with fascination and beauty.
The Planets features in the following genres: Non-Fiction Books of the Month, Biographies & Autobiographies, eBooks of the Month, Recommendations, Biography, Literature and Literary studies
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The Planets was written by Dava Sobel and published by Harpercollins Publishers
