First Light
by Preston, Richard
Richard Preston received The Overseas Press Club of America's 1995 Whitman Bassow Award for "best reporting in any medium on environmental issues" for The Hot Zone. First Light, Preston's first book, won the American Institute of Physics Science Writing Award. He is a regular contributor to The New Yorker. Preston lives in Princeton, New Jersey, with his wife and children.
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First Light: The Search for the Edge of the Universe
by Preston, Richard
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by Richard Preston
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First Light; The Search for the Edge of the Universe
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Scribners, London, 1991. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Very Good. foreword by author, to appendices and credits. The story of Palomar Observatory in California, and of the team of astronomers looking at the edge of the universe and trying to unlock the secrets contained there. This is the first UK edition. Size: 8vo -… Read more about this item Item Price
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by Richard Preston
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First Light: The Search for the Edge of the Universe
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