Expanding Universe. The Hubble Space Telescope (Multilingual Edition)

I meant to buy a JTWS book and went down a click hole and found this book and didn’t look at it closely before buying. The pictures are Hubble quality and still amazing. Great coffee table book full of pictures. It was a little confusing with several languages included and not sure what was what but I get it. They didn’t have to do several printings.

This really should be a $100 book - no question. The cover is thicker than is common, so the creasing of the dust cover squares around it. The paper that holds the text has a thick linen feel. The images are varnished, and the surrounding black is covered with a different varnish that resists fingerprints. An example of the little touches that make this so special is that if one removes the dust cover and examines the cover itself, not only is the title debossed, but so are the stars. The small things like this show the exquisite quality of this book. Of course, it would be all for naught if the fidelity of the printed images was not of the highest quality, which fortunately is the case. The printing and the paper wonderfully show the information captured by the Hubble Space Telescope, with some images folding out to multiple pages for those special panoramic views. Anyone with the slightest interest in space and the expanding universe will enjoy this book for a very long time.

I got this as a gift for someone else and now I’m gonna have to buy it again… because I’m not giving this away, it’s too beautiful!!! It has some intro and good information, but it dives quickly into exactly what I wanted: gorgeous, high-definition pictures of the universe. At first I was worried that I accidentally bought it in German, but it just has three languages (I just realized German isn’t one of the languages lol it’s English, Deutsch, and Francais). Absolutely gorgeous. Definitely worth the money.

This is exactly the type of hubble book I was looking for, sure you can get most of these pictures for free online but they look amazing in high quality print. This book focuses on the amazing hubble pictures and has minimal writing. The foreward and afterword are written in English, German and French. The cover, binding and paper are very high quality (printed in Italy by a company that says it's carbon neutral). The are several nice fold-out pages of larger pics. The chapters and pictures are organized by distance from the earth. There are not many pictures of the solar system but the ones that are included are amazing. I only have one minor "criticism." Although I'm sure it was a conscious decision on part of the authors to minimize the writing by the pictures I think I would have preferred to have some small print caption instead of having to flip to the photo index at the end for a label/explanation. Not a big deal... amazing book.

Sure, you can see these photos online, but sometimes it’s nice to have them within easy reach on a coffee table. Makes a nice gift - to help people better understand just how small and insignificant we are.?

A great presentation of some very high-resolution photos. There are several foldouts that span 3-4 pages and are incredible to look at. The only disappointment is that the photos are largely presented without any accompanying text so you're not really certain what you're looking at from page to page.

I bought this for my niece and nephew (6 and 10) and they love it. They were stunned to see all the pictures and realize that they are real. It's pretty incredible, highly recommend this book for anyone

I wanted a coffee table book that looked beautiful but wasn't the same old book that nobody even opens. This is beautiful. Though I partially bought it for decor, I loved reading it and know others will too. Gorgeous pictures and interesting information.

Esse livro é um espetáculo! As fotos são magnificas, o texto é bem ilustrativo e não é cansativo. Para quem tem à curiosidade acerca da astronomia, como no meu caso, pois não sou expert, recomendo muito! Além do conteúdo, fica lindo na decoração. A qualidade da Taschen impecável, como sempre!!

Das Buch ist der Hammer, hervorragende Gestaltung und Druckqualität. Die Bilder sind unfassbar schön, und die erklärenden Begleittexte in englisch, deutsch und französisch auch für Menschen mit astrophysikalischen Vorkenntnissen lesenswert. Dazu gibt es nachvollziehbare Erklärungen, wie die Bilder aus den Hubble-Aufnahmen entstehen. Besonders erwähnenswert ist das Abbildungsverzeichnis mit Angaben der Bezeichnungen und Positionen aller aufgenommenen Objekte. Das ist ein Buch für jeden kleinen und großen Sternengucker, bestimmt wird damit bei einigen auch tieferes Interesse für Astrophysik geweckt.

Comme tout Taschen : splendide objet

I bought this as a gift for my brother. It did not disappoint! It is a weighty, substantial book with beautiful beautiful pictures. The ink does smell a bit foul at first, but that will wear off...

Cuando mi hija me pidió este libro, me sorprendió el precio, los libros de imágenes suelen ser más caros. Cuando lo recibí, me sorprendí aún más porque el libro es grande, gordo y pesado, un gran libro para el precio que tiene! Supongo que, el hecho de que el papel no sea fotogràfico es lo que hace posible este precio... De todas maneras, la calidad de impresión es buena y las imágenes resultan espectaculares aunque el papel no sea fotográfico. Un gran regalo para quien le guste el tema! El texto no está en castellano pero es ideal para practicar inglés...