Christopher Potter

Gebundenes Buch

The Earth Gazers

On Seeing Ourselves

Beschreibung

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.

Autor

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.

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

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