Pillars of Creation: How the James Webb Telescope Unlocked the Secrets of the Co

Description: Pillars of Creation by Richard Panek Estimated delivery 3-12 business days Format Hardcover Condition Brand New Description A breathtaking tour of the cosmos through the lens of the James Webb Space Telescope, revealing how the mission originated, how its been executed, and how its spectacular images are rewriting our understanding of the universe. Publisher Description The James Webb Space Telescope is transforming the universe right before our eyes-and here, for the first time, is the inside account of how the mission originated, how it performs its miracles of science, and what its revolutionary images are revealing.Pillars of Creation tells the story of one of the greatest scientific achievements in the history of civilization, a $10 billion instrument with a staggeringly ambitious goal: unlocking the secrets of the cosmos. Award-winning science writer Richard Panek stands us shoulder to shoulder with senior scientists as they conceive the mission, meet decades-long challenges to bring it to fruition, and, now, use its unprecedented technology to yield new discoveries about the origins of our solar system, to search for life on planets around other suns, and to trace the growth of hundreds of billions of galaxies all the way back to the birth of the first stars. The Webb telescope has captured the worlds imagination, and Pillars of Creation shows how and why-including through sixteen pages of awe-inspiring, full-color photos.At once a testament to human ingenuity and a celebration of mankinds biggest leap yet into the cosmos, Paneks eye-opening book reveals our universe as weve never seen it before-through the lens of the James Webb Space Telescope, a marvel that is itself a pillar of creation. Author Biography Richard Panek is the author of numerous books including The 4% Universe: Dark Matter, Dark Energy, and the Race to Discover the Rest of Reality, which won the American Institute of Physics communication award and was longlisted for the Royal Society Prize for Science Books. The recipient of fellowships from the John Simon Guggenheim Foundation (in Science Writing) and the New York Foundation for the Arts (in Literary Nonfiction), as well as an Antarctic Artists and Writers grant from the National Science Foundation, he is also the co-author with Temple Grandin of The Autistic Brain: Thinking Across the Spectrum, a New York Times bestseller. His own books have been translated into sixteen languages, and his writing about science and culture has appeared in Scientific American, the New York Times, Discover, Smithsonian, Natural History, Esquire, Outside, and many other publications; his short fiction has appeared in Ploughshares and won a PEN Syndicated Fiction Award. He is on the faculty of the MFA Writing Program at Goddard College, and he also teaches creative writing at Barnard College and Johns Hopkins University. He lives in New York City. Details ISBN 0316570699 ISBN-13 9780316570695 Title Pillars of Creation Author Richard Panek Format Hardcover Year 2024 Pages 256 Publisher Little, Brown & Company GE_Item_ID:162549339; About Us Grand Eagle Retail is the ideal place for all your shopping needs! With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and over 1,000,000 in stock items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! Shipping & Delivery Times Shipping is FREE to any address in USA. Please view eBay estimated delivery times at the top of the listing. Deliveries are made by either USPS or Courier. We are unable to deliver faster than stated. International deliveries will take 1-6 weeks. NOTE: We are unable to offer combined shipping for multiple items purchased. This is because our items are shipped from different locations. Returns If you wish to return an item, please consult our Returns Policy as below: Please contact Customer Services and request "Return Authorisation" before you send your item back to us. Unauthorised returns will not be accepted. Returns must be postmarked within 4 business days of authorisation and must be in resellable condition. Returns are shipped at the customer's risk. We cannot take responsibility for items which are lost or damaged in transit. For purchases where a shipping charge was paid, there will be no refund of the original shipping charge. Additional Questions If you have any questions please feel free to Contact Us. Categories Baby Books Electronics Fashion Games Health & Beauty Home, Garden & Pets Movies Music Sports & Outdoors Toys

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