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Title: The Moons of Jupiter by Kristin Leutwyler, John R. Casani ISBN: 0-393-05060-2 Publisher: W.W. Norton & Company Pub. Date: 06 October, 2003 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $39.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 3 (8 reviews)
Rating: 2
Summary: Mythology and poetic descriptions
Comment: This book suffers greatly from the text - poetic descriptions of the images ('...notice there are white gossamer snow flake patterns with jewel-like rays over a greenish background...') (my paraphrase) are annoying - the images are there to see for ourselves. Extensive mythological backgrounds for the names (of which there are a very large number) of every moon, every crater, every mountain ('...W who is the son of the god of X and married the goddess of fate Z and then killed Z's father after he...') (paraphrase) are usually as long as the accounts of scientific facts. A three paragraph blurb will have one of mythology, one of poetic description, and one will be informative. Buy this book for the pictures.
Rating: 5
Summary: An Artist's Opinion
Comment: I recently came across a copy of The Moons of Jupiter and found it to be a remarkably useful book for my purposes. As an artist I was especially appreciative of both the variety of the imagery and the innovative layout of a number of the pages, some of which could pass for works of art themselves. Although I know little about astronomy, I enjoyed the mix of mythology and science in the accompanying text . The Moons of Jupiter is a welcome addition to my visual resource library.
Rating: 5
Summary: humanities and science integrated
Comment: I loved this book. The graceful writing links the images from the spacecraft to the myth, art, and poetry inspired by the subjects of these images.
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Title: Voyager's Grand Tour: To the Outer Planets and Beyond (Smithsonian History of Aviation and Spaceflight Series) by Henry C. Dethloff, Ronald A. Schorn ISBN: 1588341240 Publisher: Smithsonian Institution Press Pub. Date: June, 2003 List Price(USD): $34.95 |
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Title: Beyond: Visions of the Interplanetary Probes by Michael Benson ISBN: 0810945312 Publisher: Harry N. Abrams Pub. Date: 01 October, 2003 List Price(USD): $55.00 |
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Title: Hubble: The Mirror on the Universe by Robin Kerrod ISBN: 1552977811 Publisher: Firefly Books Pub. Date: October, 2003 List Price(USD): $35.00 |
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Title: A Traveler's Guide to Mars: The Mysterious Landscapes of the Red Planet by William K. Hartmann ISBN: 0761126066 Publisher: Workman Publishing Company Pub. Date: August, 2003 List Price(USD): $18.95 |
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Title: Magnificent Mars by Ken Croswell ISBN: 0743226011 Publisher: Free Press Pub. Date: 05 November, 2003 List Price(USD): $60.00 |
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