Pillars of Creation

How the James Webb Telescope Unlocked the Secrets of the Cosmos

De: Richard Panek

Narrado por: Ray Porter

The James Webb Space Telescope is transforming the universe right before our eyes—and here, for the first time, is the inside account of how the mission originated, how it performs its miracles of science, and what its revolutionary images are revealing.

Pillars of Creation tells the story of one of the greatest scientific achievements in the history of civilization, a $10 billion instrument with a staggeringly ambitious goal: unlocking the secrets of the cosmos. Award-winning science writer Richard Panek stands us shoulder to shoulder with senior scientists as they conceive the mission, meet decades-long challenges to bring it to fruition, and, now, use its unprecedented technology to yield new discoveries about the origins of our solar system, to search for life on planets around other suns, and to trace the growth of hundreds of billions of galaxies all the way back to the birth of the first stars. The Webb telescope has captured the world’s imagination, and Pillars of Creation shows how and why—including through sixteen pages of awe-inspiring, full-color photos.

At once a testament to human ingenuity and a celebration of mankind’s biggest leap yet into the cosmos, Panek’s eye-opening book reveals our universe as we’ve never seen it before—through the lens of the James Webb Space Telescope, a marvel that is itself a pillar of creation.

I love this narrator. Info interesting

I am sort of a nerd but a non-scientist and I really enjoyed the presentation of the information. It was put into layman’s terms so I could understand. The narrator is great – he has narrated other stories I’ve read and I really like his voice for sci-fi/scientific books.

Recent advances in understanding our cosmos.

A great understandable history of science about our world. The advances since the 1960’s when I was in college are so awesome. I am humbled by this knowledge and thankful to have lived in this time.

Enjoyed the book very much left me wondering how far back in tonnes by looking. at the star show big is gods universe

how many ways cYs can.they use to.compare the stars this book will set your mind spinning

The sheer scope of unknowns probably dwarfs what we already grasp.

This book makes me wonder, how many tanks, fighter jets, or bombs would we need to give up to fund the next ‘next’? Whatever the number, I’d rather see my taxes go there.

The plan to reach space travel.

NASA had such a hard time convincing Congress that space exploration of any type is important to not only the USA but mankind as well. Which minerals are on other planet's? This is just an easy comparison of mine! Astrophysics is complicated for my mind. But I love reading about science and potential space travel.