Hubble Cosmos, The: 25 Years of New Vistas in Space Hardcover – Illustrated, October 6, 2015

There is so much about this book to recommend. There are marvelous photographs that one will want to look at again and again. Regions of star formation, gaseous clouds where stars are formed. There are photographs of spiral galaxies and other types of galaxies. The Hubble telescope can see 90 percent of the way outward and backward in time to the big bang itself. Photographs of exploding supernova fragments, The book describes Cepheid variable stars used to calibrated distances. Other star types are described and shown - red and blue supergiant stars and regions where astronomers are fairly certain there are white dwarf stars and in another region a neutron star can be found ( page 184 , remnant of supernova explosion in Large Magellanic cloud) . All the photographs are catalogued with what they are, where they are located and the distance from Earth. One can learn a lot from reading this book. There is also the history of the telescope, of how it has been serviced and photographs of the space telescope in orbit and being serviced by various astronauts including astronaut John Grunsfeld. The story of how things went wrong and the tenacity to get things right adds a more human touch to the story. The book describes how thanks to the Hubble space telescope our view of the universe we live in has been enriched enormously.

It was a surprise father's day gift and my stepdad loved it so much. He said the photos are spectacular.

Wonderful pictures.

This book is awesome. Seeing such vivid and wondrous photos the universe, and reading explanations of how the photos were composed is beyond incredible.

WOW what can I say? This book is incredible. The pictures and write ups, I love Astrophysics and am studying it on my own. The Hubble Telescope has a major to play in Space exploration. And a awsum team worked their butt off to make it and put it in Space.

Fantastic book with great pictures and very informative text on the history of Hubble and its role in science. I've given 4 stars because I personally wish it had more of Hubble pictures. That aside, the pictures it does have are beautiful and the information it gives about Hubble makes it well worth it.

Highly recommended, very educational. :)

Shows the wonders of Gods creation.