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Sun and moon : a story of astronomy, photography and cartography

Title
  1. Sun and moon : a story of astronomy, photography and cartography / Mark Holborn.
Published by
  1. London : Phaidon Press Limited, 2019.
Author
  1. Holborn, Mark, 1949-

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Additional authors
  1. Royal Observatory, Greenwich, issuing body.
  2. Royal Astronomical Society, issuing body.
Description
  1. 373 pages : illustrations (chiefly color); 32 cm
Summary
  1. "A unique pictorial history of astronomical exploration from the earliest prehistoric observatories to the latest satellite images. It illustrates how the development of photography and cartography - the means of documenting other worlds - is linked indelibly to the charting of the heavens, from the first image on a glass plate to the Hubble Space Telescope."
Subject
  1. Moon > Research > History
  2. Space photography > History
  3. History
  4. Astronomy > History
  5. Illustrated works
  6. Sun > Research > History
  7. Exploration of outer space
  8. Outer space
  9. Pictorial works
Genre/Form
  1. Illustrated works.
  2. History.
  3. Pictorial works.
Contents
  1. The order of things: an introduction -- Lens-less, a prelude -- The lens -- Time and space -- Selenographia -- The camera and the telescope -- Man in space -- Eye in space -- The frontier.
Call number
  1. JFG 20-181
Note
  1. Prepared in collaboration with the Royal Observatory Greenwich and the Royal Astronomical Society.
Bibliography (note)
  1. Includes bibliographical references (pages 366-367) and index.
Author
  1. Holborn, Mark, 1949- author.
Title
  1. Sun and moon : a story of astronomy, photography and cartography / Mark Holborn.
Publisher
  1. London : Phaidon Press Limited, 2019.
Type of content
  1. text
Type of medium
  1. unmediated
Type of carrier
  1. volume
Bibliography
  1. Includes bibliographical references (pages 366-367) and index.
Local note
  1. ILLUSTRATED HISTORY. 12.5" X 12".
Added author
  1. Royal Observatory, Greenwich, issuing body.
  2. Royal Astronomical Society, issuing body.
LCCN
  1. 2018469795
ISBN
  1. 9780714876566 (hardback)
  2. 0714876569
Research call number
  1. JFG 20-181
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