What's Out There: Images from Here to the Edge of the Universe

by Mary K. Baumann, Will Hopkins, Loralee Nolletti

Featuring a foreword by Stephen Hawking, and presented in an A-to-Z format, an exhilarating photographic tour of the galaxy presents images, taken by the latest telescopes, probes, and satellites, accompanied by fascinating facts.

Genres: Science, Astronomy, Nonfiction, Art, Space, Physics, Photography

244 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 2005

About the author

Mary K. Baumann is a partner in the Minneapolis strategic design firm Hopkins/Baumann, specializing in publication design. She has lectured and internationally and nationally on visual trends and is both an advisor and faculty member at the Yale Publishing Course. Hopkins/Baumann recently relocated after years in New York to Minneapolis, Minnesota.
In addition to her publication work for such publication as People, Life, Money, GEO, Architectural Digest, JAMA and Kids Discover, she has produced and authored the book What’s Out There: Images from Here to the Edge of the Universe published by Duncan Baird. What’s Out There was named one of the “Best Science Books of the Year” by Discover magazine and one of the “Top Photo Books of the Year” by American Photo. She has also completed The Dictionary of Love for Avon books which arrived just in time for Valentine’s Day 2008.

Reviews

[Melissa Lee-Tammeus · Rating 5 out of 5]

Beautiful coffee table style book with incredible pictures . . .

[Valerie · Rating 5 out of 5]

I bought this as a picture book for the boys.

[Bonnie · Rating 3 out of 5]

Amazing images to browse before sleep -- I carried them into my dreams.

[Kadri · Rating 3 out of 5]

The usual images for an astronomy book, the texts give only basic information about different objects.

[Siobhán Bayertz · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great book! Extremely interesting with very impressive illustrations.