DAVID H. DEVORKIN is the co-author of National Geographic's Hubble-
Imaging Space and Time. He is senior curator of history of
astronomy and the space sciences. DeVorkin's major research
interests are in the origins and development of modern astrophysics
during the 20th century and the origins and development of the
space sciences from the V-2 rocket to the present. He is the
author/editor/compiler of nine books and more than 100 scholarly
and popular articles.
ROBERT W. SMITH is the co-author of National Geographic's Hubble-
Imaging Space and Time. He is professor of history and director of
the science, technology, and society program at the University of
Alberta, Canada. His research interests are in the history of the
physical sciences, astronomy, cosmology, and spaceflight in the
United States. He is currently working on a project, the James Webb
Space Telescope (a $5 billion project that is a joint enterprise of
NASA, the European Space Agency, and the Canadian Space Agency,
which will launch in 2014.
ROBERT P. KIRSHNER, Clowes Professor of Science in the
Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics at Harvard University,
accomplished groundbreaking work on supernovas and the expansion of
the universe using the Hubble Space Telescope.
"Every Hubble Space Telescope photo is met with equal measure of
awe and wonder." —International Business Times
"Visually stunning...this compendium will blow your earth-based
mind." —New York Post
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