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The Planets
by Dava Sobel
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good — in Good+ Dustwrapper. Dustwrapper very slightly rubbed at the edges with a ½" closed tear to the fo
- ISBN 10
- 1857028503
- ISBN 13
- 9781857028508
- Seller
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Peasedown St. John, Somerset, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Fourth Estate, 2005. Hardback in Dust Wrapper.. Very Good — in Good+ Dustwrapper. Dustwrapper very slightly rubbed at the edges with a ½" closed tear to the foot of the lower panel and a small nick to the bottom corner of the upper panel. Text complete, clean and tight.. First edition (first printing). Hardback in dust wrapper (pictorial boards). Physically 8¼” x 5½” (0.5 kg); 271pp; ISBN: 1857028503 || The book is on my shelves and will be carefully packed and posted from the pastoral paradise of Peasedown St. John, Bath, by a real bookseller in a real book shop - with my personal guarantee and my beady eye on the Consumer Contracts Regulations. REMEMBER! Buying my copy means the bookshop Jack Russells get their supper! My Book #137514|| Condition:
Synopsis
With her bestsellers Longitude and Galileo's Daughter , Dava Sobel introduced readers to her rare gift for weaving complex scientific concepts into a compelling narrative. Now Sobel brings her full talents to bear on what is perhaps her most ambitious topic to date-the planets of our solar system. Sobel explores the origins and oddities of the planets through the lens of popular culture, from astrology, mythology, and science fiction to art, music, poetry, biography, and history. Written in her characteristically graceful prose, The Planets is a stunningly original celebration of our solar system and offers a distinctive view of our place in the universe. * A New York Times extended bestseller * A Featured Alternate of the Book-of-the-Month Club, History Book Club, Scientific American Book Club, and Natural Science Book Club * Includes 11 full-color illustrations by artist Lynette R. Cook BACKCOVER: "[ The Planets ] lets us fall in love with the heavens all over again." - The New York Times Book Review "Playful . . . lyrical . . . a guided tour so imaginative that we forget we're being educated as we're being entertained." - Newsweek " [Sobel] has outdone her extraordinary talent for keeping readers enthralled. . . . Longitude and Galileo's Daughter were exciting enough, but The Planets has a charm of its own . . . . A splendid and enticing book." - San Francisco Chronicle "A sublime journey. [Sobel's] writing . . . is as bright as the sun and its thinking as star-studded as the cosmos." - The Atlanta Journal-Constitution "An incantatory serenade to the Solar System. Grade A-" - Entertainment Weekly "Like Sobel's [ Longitude and Galileo's Daughter ] . . . [ The Planets ] combines masterful storytelling with clear, engaging explanations of the essential scientific facts." - Physics World
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Details
- Bookseller
- BookLovers of Bath
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 137514
- Title
- The Planets
- Author
- Dava Sobel
- Format/Binding
- Hardback in Dust Wrapper.
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good — in Good+ Dustwrapper. Dustwrapper very slightly rubbed at the edges with a ½" closed tear to the fo
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 1857028503
- ISBN 13
- 9781857028508
- Publisher
- London: Fourth Estate
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 2005
- Keywords
- solar system, astronomy, stars, galaxies, space travel, exploration, nature, sky observation, science astronomy, first edition books, written by dava sobel
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BookLovers of Bath
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BookLovers of Bath is set in the pastoral idyll of Peasedown St. John in Somerset (God's Own Country) in the south west of England. My wife and I owned the village Post Office until the modern world caught up with us in 2014. At that point I converted the premises to a small book shop, Fact or Fable, with a stock of around 4,000 titles in stock. I've been selling books worldwide since 1997 and rather hope to get the hang of it shortly…
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