Photographs of outer space--produced by earthbound and space telescopes and planet-roving satellites--have captivated a vast audience. And nowhere has this audience found more enthralling views than on Astronomy Picture of the Day (APOD), a website so popular that it draws well over one million hits every week. The 365 Days presents in unprecedented clarity 365 spectacular images culled from the thousands that have been featured on the site, which has been hailed as one of the best science sites by both Scientific American and Popular Science magazines. Following the enormously successful format of Abrams' Earth From 365 Days , The 365 Days has been crafted by the two astrophysicists who in 1995, in collaboration with NASA, created and continue to maintain the APOD website. Accompanying each stunning image is a short explanatory text that greatly expands the reader's appreciation of the wonders of the cosmos.
Oh my gosh, this book is gorgeous. The photos are beautiful, the descriptions are fun and interesting (not just some boring science jargon). My father gave this to me as a bday gift, with the inscription: "For my daughter, for her loving curiosity of all things around and above us." So fitting.
Some of my work is in here, so of course it's an excellent book.
3/11 3/12 6/06 (I didn't make this image, but a similar one is in my dissertation.) 7/15 (still one of my favorite products.) 11/18 (happy b-day, son.),