cover image Hubble's Universe: A Portrait of Our Cosmos

Hubble's Universe: A Portrait of Our Cosmos

Simon Goodwin. Penguin Putnam, $29.95 (128pp) ISBN 978-0-670-87310-4

The Hubble Space Telescope has revealed with unprecedented clarity the vastness and majesty of the universe. In Hubble's Universe, by Simon Goodwin, with a preface by John Gribbin, composite Hubble images of dozens of objects--planets, galaxies, nebula--are presented in rich color plates, accompanied by cogent discussion, that will take readers' breath away. (Penguin Studio, $29.95 128p ISBN 0-670-87310-1)