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The Planets by Dava Sobel 2005 Hardcover w/Dust Jacket
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Item specifics
- Condition
- Personalize
- No
- Signed
- No
- Ex Libris
- No
- Narrative Type
- Nonfiction
- Personalized
- No
- Features
- Dust Jacket
- Original Language
- English
- Inscribed
- No
- Country of Origin
- United States
- Vintage
- No
- ISBN
- 9780670034468
About this product
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Penguin Publishing Group
ISBN-10
0670034460
ISBN-13
9780670034468
eBay Product ID (ePID)
46473636
Product Key Features
Book Title
Planets
Number of Pages
288 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
2005
Topic
Astronomy
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Science
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
0.9 in
Item Weight
16.2 Oz
Item Length
8.5 in
Item Width
5.8 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
2005-047071
Reviews
"Playful . . . lyrical . . . a guided tour so imaginative that we forget we're being educated as we're being entertained." --Newsweek "[Sobel] has outdone her extraordinary talent for keeping readers enthralled. . . . Longitude and Galileo's Daughter were exciting enough, but The Planets has a charm of its own . . . . A splendid and enticing book." --San Francisco Chronicle "A sublime journey. [Sobel's] writing . . . is as bright as the sun and its thinking as star-studded as the cosmos." --The Atlanta Journal-Constitution "An incantatory serenade to the Solar System. Grade A-" --Entertainment Weekly "Like Sobel's [Longitude and Galileo's Daughter] . . . [The Planets] combines masterful storytelling with clear, engaging explanations of the essential scientific facts." --Physics World
Dewey Edition
22
TitleLeading
The
Grade From
Twelfth Grade
Dewey Decimal
523.2
Grade To
UP
Synopsis
With her blockbuster New York Times bestsellers Longitude and Galileo's Daughter, Dava Sobel used her rare and luminous gift for weaving difficult scientific concepts into a compelling story to garner rave reviews and attract readers from across the literary spectrum. Now, in The Planets, Sobel brings her full talents to bear on what is perhaps her most ambitious subject to date--the planets of our solar system.The sun's family of planets become a familiar place in this personal account of the lives of other worlds. Sobel explores the planets' origins and oddities through the lens of popular culture, from astrology, mythology, and science fiction to art, music, poetry, biography, and history. A perfect gift and a captivating journey, The Planets is a gorgeously illustrated study of our place in the universe that will mesmerize everyone who has ever gazed with awe at our night sky.Watch a Windows Media trailer for this book.Watch a Quicktime trailer for this book., With her blockbuster New York Times bestsellers Longitude and Galileo's Daughter , Dava Sobel used her rare and luminous gift for weaving difficult scientific concepts into a compelling story to garner rave reviews and attract readers from across the literary spectrum. Now, in The Planets , Sobel brings her full talents to bear on what is perhaps her most ambitious subject to date--the planets of our solar system. The sun's family of planets become a familiar place in this personal account of the lives of other worlds. Sobel explores the planets' origins and oddities through the lens of popular culture, from astrology, mythology, and science fiction to art, music, poetry, biography, and history. A perfect gift and a captivating journey, The Planets is a gorgeously illustrated study of our place in the universe that will mesmerize everyone who has ever gazed with awe at our night sky. Watch a Windows Media trailer for this book. Watch a Quicktime trailer for this book.
LC Classification Number
QB601.S63 2005
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- b***c (639)- Feedback left by buyer.Past 6 monthsVerified purchaseItem arrived quickly and was well packaged. Can't believe how near mint the condition was considering the age of this album. Seller is spot on when describing the condition. Very good seller/.
- s***r (113)- Feedback left by buyer.Past 6 monthsVerified purchasevery nice item. well packaged. shipped quickly. as described. good value. recommend the seller. thank you!
- c***4 (17)- Feedback left by buyer.Past 6 monthsVerified purchaseHastle-free transaction and fast shipping. Items arrived meticulously packed and exactly as described. Highly recommend and would buy from again. A+ seller