Paul Parsons
Price: £9.99
Imprint: O'Mara Books
Publication date: 11/06/2020
ISBN: 9781789292213
Subject: Non-Fiction
Category: Science - History - Philosophy
Binding: Hardback
Size: 178 x 129 mm
Extent: 192 pages
Illustration: integrated pictures and diagrams
Territorial Rights: World (All Languages)
Imprint: O'Mara Books
Publication date: 11/06/2020
ISBN: 9781789292404
Subject: Non-Fiction
Category: Science - History - Philosophy
Size: EPUB 2
Extent: 192 pages
Illustration: integrated pictures and diagrams
Territorial Rights: World ex USA and Canada
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Enquire nowA nice, easily digestible read to making your own giant leap into the future.
Nicholas Booth, co-author of The Search for Life on Mars: The Greatest Scientific Detective Story of All Time
Compact, informative and entertaining – essential reading for any budding astronaut.
Giles Sparrow, author of Hubble: Window on the Universe
Soon space travel will open itself up to paying members of the public. Parsons' guide is essential reading for would-be astronauts young and old.
Colin Stuart, author of How to Live in Space
As we enter into a new age of space exploration and the launch in 2020 of ESA's Solar Orbiter and the new Rosalind Franklin Mars rover, as well as Chinese and Indian space initiatives and a new generation of entrepreneurs with their sights on other planets, there's never been a better time to get to grips with this fascinating subject
Expert-led, topical and pocket-sized – the perfect little guide for anyone with a curious mind looking to understand the basics of one of modern science's most relevant subjects
Packed full of easy-to-understand diagrams, pictures and fact boxes, these ten lessons will cover all the basics, as well as the latest understanding and developments, to enlighten the nonscientist
Comp titles: Planets: A Very Short Introduction (OUP 2010); Breaking the Chains of Gravity: The Story of Spaceflight Before NASA (Bloomsbury Sigma 2015)
Dr Paul Parsons has been a science writer and journalist for over twenty years. He was Editor of BBC Sky at Night magazine and has also written for New Scientist, the Guardian, Daily Telegraph, Men’s Health, National Geographic and many others. He is the author of several books including The Science of Doctor Who, The Periodic Table, 3-Minute Stephen Hawking and 50 Science Ideas You Really Need to Know. He is also a fellow of the Royal Statistical Society and a consultant to Guinness World Records.