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6 reviews
Andrew Chaikin

Carlton Publishing Group, 2008

Spectacular!!!!
Andrew Chaikin is best known for his classic book "A Man on the Moon" which describes the Apollo missions to the moon and was basis for the equally classic HBO series "From the Earth to the Moon." In his latest offering, Andrew Chaikin presents the history of space exploration from the early space pioneers, through the space race, to the latest space shuttle missions to the International Space ...

Full Moon

65 reviews
Michael Light, Andrew Chaikin

Knopf, 1999

Excellent High Resolution Print found nowhere else
I can use "picture book" to describe Full Moon, as images contributed as the major part of this book. Don't think that this book is not worth reading, indeed, it is on the contrary, this is an extraordinary book, because of the photos. There are a lot of astronomy books contain lots of photos, but when you read them, you would find the images are not so good at all, but not because of the ...

Air and Space: The National Air and Space Museum Story of Flight

2 reviews
Andrew Chaikin, National Museum of Art Smithsonian Institution

Bulfinch, 1997

Air and Space : The National Air and Space Museum Story
Worth it for the photos alone. The writer shares with us his life long love of aviation. He explores the history of aviation in a fashion that will please the expert as well as the curious. He uses the Smithsonian collection to make points about the hsitory of aviation. The book is not limited to a description about the collection, th e history is augmented with photos and anecdotes. A great ...

The New Solar System

11 reviews
Andrew L. Chaikin

Cambridge University Press, 1998

A glorious introduction to our solar system
It's easy to read! You can read the chapters in just about any order. The material is mostly descriptive, without any complicated mathematics. And it's a terrific collection, with wonderful color pictures, graphs, and charts. This Fourth edition (1999) is the first to have pictures (and other data) of Jupiter and of the Jovian satellites taken by the Galileo mission. And yes, I suspect there ...

Josh Simpson: Glass Artist

3 reviews
Andrew Chaikin

Guild Publishing, 2001

Beautiful book, next best thing to being there.
February of 2001 found me on a hilltop next to an old barn about ten miles from the Vermont border. It was cold out, that's for sure. New England winter is no joke! Soon, however, I was sweltering, as I was being ushered through the hot attic of an old barn, past row after row of thick rods of colored glass, and down onto the working floor of Josh Simpson's hot shop. I was standing there, a ...

A Man on the Moon: The Voyages of the Apollo Astronauts

116 reviews
Andrew Chaikin

Penguin (Non-Classics), 2007

History lesson in the making.
A Man on the Moon: The Voyages of the Apollo Astronauts This is an outstanding lesson in history from the perspective of those who lived it. Having just attended Advanced Space Academy for Educators in Huntsville, Alabama and the Kennedy Space Center, Florida; this book brought the sites, history, and lessons to life. It should be required reading for those who have forgotten what our ...

Apollo : An Eyewitness Account By Astronaut/Explorer Artist/Moonwalker

19 reviews
Alan Bean, Andrew Chaikin

The Greenwich Workshop Press, 1998

Reviewing Hero's
If you have a strong interest in Space travel, and always wanted to talk to the Astronauts that went to the moon to ask them how it felt or what they were thinking as they walked on a planet other then earth, this is the book that will bring you to a time that has never been repeated. A time when man walked on the moon. Mr. Bean's use of his fantastic artwork to describe a part of his life ...

A Passion for Mars: Intrepid Explorers of the Red Planet
Andrew Chaikin

Abrams, 2008

The quest for Mars is chronicled by bestselling author Andrew Chaikin in this story of a passionate band of Earthbound explorers caught in the irresistible pull of the Red Planet. They include celebrated figures: astronomer Carl Sagan, who champions the idea of life on Mars-; rocket scientist Wernher von Braun, drawing up plans for human Mars expeditions; and science-fiction author Ray Bradbury, standard-bearer for Mars’s crucial place ...

A Man on the Moon
Andrew/ Hanks, Tom (FRW) Chaikin

Penguin Group USA, 2007

A Positron Named Priscilla: Scientific Discovery at the Frontier
Marcia F. Bartusiak, Barbara Burke, ...

National Academies Press, 1994

A Positron Named Priscilla is a book of wonder, offering a fascinating, readable overview of cutting-edge investigations by many of today's leading young scientists. Written for anyone who loves science, this volume reports on some of the most exciting recent discoveries and advances in fields from astronomy to molecular biology. This new book is from one of the world's most prestigious scientific institutions, the National Academy of Sciences. ...

A Man on the Moon/The Downing Street Years/Ben & Jerry's: The Inside Scoop/The Withering Child (Reader's ...
Andrew Chaikin, Margaret Thatcher, ...

Reader's Digest Association, 1994

Reader's Digest, 1994. A Man on the Moon; the Downing Street Years; Ben & Jerry's: the Inside Scoop; The Withering Child. 573 pp. with ribbon page marker.Navy boards w/silver on spine. DJ with photo of each author's book. Light blue endpages. "About the Authors" at end of book with photos.

Air and Space: The National Air and Space Museum Story of Flight
Andrew Chaikin

Bulfinch, 1997

Space: A History of Space Exploration in Photographs (Little Book)
Andrew Chaikin

Carlton Books US, 2008

Written by one of the worlds foremost scientific journalists and space historians, Andrew Chaikin, and with 400 images from all the major space agencies including rare images from Russia, Space is a visually stunning and enlightening book about a pivotal, and hugely exciting period in history. Published to coincide with the 50th Anniversary of NASA in July 2008, with a foreword by Commander Jim Lovell of Apollo 13.

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