The Earth Gazers Paperback / softback
by Christopher Potter
Paperback / softback
Description
The most beautiful and influential photographs ever made were of the whole earth seen from space.
They were taken from the moon, almost as an afterthought, by the astronauts of the Apollo space programme.
They inspired a generation to think more seriously about our responsibility for this tiny oasis in space, the 'blue marble' falling through empty darkness.
This is a book about the long road to the capture of those unforgettable images.
It is a history of the space programme and of the ways in which it transformed our view of the earth and changed the lives of the astronauts who walked in space and on the moon.
It is the story of the often blemished visionaries who inspired that journey into space: Charles Lindbergh, Robert Goddard and Wernher Von Braun, and of the courageous pilots who were the first humans to escape the Earth's orbit.
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Out of stock
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:464 pages, 35 integrated b&w
- Publisher:Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Publication Date:01/06/2018
- Category:
- ISBN:9781784974336
Information
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Out of stock
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:464 pages, 35 integrated b&w
- Publisher:Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Publication Date:01/06/2018
- Category:
- ISBN:9781784974336
