Dr. Sten Odenwald is an award-winning astrophysicist and prolific science popularizer, who has been involved with science education for the COBE, IMAGE, Hinode, and InSight missions, as well as NASA's Sun-Earth Connection Education Forum. He is currently the director of citizen science for the NASA Space Science Education Consortium at the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center and lives in Maryland.
Space Exploration presents a fascinating and unusual new way of
viewing more than 70,000 years of space history in 100 objects that
each brought us one step forward in our understanding of the
cosmos. The result is a new perspective of how the human race went
from the first step in comprehending space to the first glimpse of
a black hole. A most enjoyable and mind-changing book!--Dr.
Giovanni G. Fazio, senior physicist, Harvard-Smithsonian Center for
Astrophysics
A Junior Library Guild Selection
"Captivating . . . fun as well as informative, this lightweight
encyclopedia of intriguing objects will fascinate readers of any
age.-- "Publishers Weekly, starred review"
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