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Gold embossed diagram of compass and Earth's orbit around sun, on navy cover, THE SUN One Thousand Years of Scientific Imagery in gold font below
Gold embossed diagram of compass and Earth's orbit around sun, on navy cover, THE SUN One Thousand Years of Scientific Imagery in gold font below
Gold embossed diagram of compass and Earth's orbit around sun, on navy cover, THE SUN One Thousand Years of Scientific Imagery in gold font below
Gold embossed diagram of compass and Earth's orbit around sun, on navy cover, THE SUN One Thousand Years of Scientific Imagery in gold font below
Gold embossed diagram of compass and Earth's orbit around sun, on navy cover, THE SUN One Thousand Years of Scientific Imagery in gold font below
Gold embossed diagram of compass and Earth's orbit around sun, on navy cover, THE SUN One Thousand Years of Scientific Imagery in gold font below
Gold embossed diagram of compass and Earth's orbit around sun, on navy cover, THE SUN One Thousand Years of Scientific Imagery in gold font below
Gold embossed diagram of compass and Earth's orbit around sun, on navy cover, THE SUN One Thousand Years of Scientific Imagery in gold font below
Gold embossed diagram of compass and Earth's orbit around sun, on navy cover, THE SUN One Thousand Years of Scientific Imagery in gold font below
Gold embossed diagram of compass and Earth's orbit around sun, on navy cover, THE SUN One Thousand Years of Scientific Imagery in gold font below

The Sun

One Thousand Years of Scientific Imagery

By (author) Katie Barrett
By (author) Harry Cliff

£20.00

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  • A fascinating and informative look at studies of the Sun throughout history, beautifully illustrated with images from the Science Museum's collection
  • The combination of historic and modern studies and accessible text ensure there is something here for every reader
  • Cloth binding with foil details make this a beautiful addition to any bookshelf
Full Description

Dazzling, beautiful, powerful, mysterious – the Sun has fascinated people throughout history. This book charts our changing understanding of the Sun through a rich collection of scientific imagery: from from a 10th-century manuscript drawing of an earth-centred universe, to awe-inspiring close-ups of our turbulent star taken by orbiting spacecraft. Each image tells a story of evolving scientific understanding and techniques, as well as the personal dedication of the theologians, artists and astronomers who made them. Contents: Foreword; Introduction; The sun and planets; The solar surface; Eruptions; Sunlight; Eclipsed; Glossary; Further reading. Published to accompany the special exhibition The Sun: Living with Our Star, running at the Science Museum from 6 October 2018 to 6 May 2019.

About the Author

Dr Katy Barrett is Curator of Art Collections at the Science Museum. Dr Harry Cliff is a particle physicist at the University of Cambridge and lead curator of the Science Museum's Sun exhibition.

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Specifications
Publisher
Scala Arts & Heritage Publishers
ISBN
9781785511721
Published
6th Jan 2019
Binding
Hardback
Territory
World
Size
210 mm x 210 mm
Pages
120 Pages
Illustrations
41 color, 37 b&w
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