Christopher Potter

The Earth Gazers

On Seeing Ourselves

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Produktbeschreibung

It will soon be the fiftieth anniversary of the first manned mission to the moon, when men first saw for themselves the Earth as a sphere falling through space--they saw a world without borders and these images continue to give hope and inspire.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Pegasus Books
• Seitenzahl: 472
• Erscheinungstermin: 6. Februar 2018
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 236mm x 161mm x 43mm
• Gewicht: 655g
• ISBN-13: 9781681776361
• ISBN-10: 1681776367
• Artikelnr.: 48583270

Autorenporträt

Christopher Potter was publisher and managing director at the independent publishing house Fourth Estate. He is the author of You Are Here: A Portable History of the Universe. He divides his time between London and New York City.

Rezensionen

'An elegantly written history of man's efforts to reach space ... [Potter] has taken a considered risk in retelling the tale of how we first came to see our planet from the outside. It pays off beautifully. The result is a fresh and elegantly wrought account of mankind's journey from firing lumps of jerry-rigged metal from cabbage fields to crunching around in the dust of another world ... The Earth Gazers is a terrific piece of writing' The Times .

An elegantly written history of man's efforts to reach space... [Potter] has taken a considered risk in retelling the tale of how we first came to see our planet from the outside. It pays off beautifully. The result is a fresh and elegantly wrought account of mankind's journey from firing lumps of jerry-rigged metal from cabbage fields to crunching around in the dust of another world... The Earth Gazers is a terrific piece of writing' The Times