The Cosmic Tourist: The 100 Most Awe-Inspiring Places in the Universe

by Patrick Moore

Overview

Take your seats for an out-of-this-word tour through the Cosmos! Brian May, Patrick Moore, and Chris Lintott—authors of Bang!—fly us from Earth to the farthest-out galaxies, stopping along the way to explain 100 amazing sights, from asteroids to zodiacal dust. Extraordinary images present the universe as seen through the biggest and best telescopes, and occasionally from those of expert amateur observers.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781780978376
Publisher:	Welbeck Publishing Group Limited
Publication date:	10/04/2016
Pages:	192
Product dimensions:	9.20(w) x 11.10(h) x 0.80(d)

About the Author

Although best known to the world as the lead guitarist of supergroup Queen, Brian May recently completed the PhD in astrophysics that he abandoned when Queen started to find fame.

The late Sir Patrick Moore was the world's best-loved astronomer, author of more than 100 books, and presenter of the world's longest-running TV program, BBC's The Sky at Night. Sir Patrick died on December 9, 2012.
 
Chris Lintott is best known as the co-presenter, with Patrick, of The Sky at Night. He received a degree in Physics from Cambridge, then earned his PhD in Astrophysics at University College London. He is now doing further research at Oxford.