Reviews: August 2009

Celestial Views, Bigfoot Pursuits and Scientific Twitterers

By Kate Wong on August 1, 2009

ANCIENT LIGHT: A PORTRAIT OF THE UNIVERSE
by David Malin
Phaidon, 2009 ($49.95)

Celebrated astronomical photographer David Malin takes readers on a memorable tour of the night sky with this collection of 60 large-format black-and-white photographs. Platinum prints capture galaxies, nebulae (such as the Helix nebula, above), star clusters and other phenomena in stellar detail.

This article was originally published with the title "Celestial Views Bigfoot Pursuits Scientific Twitterers" in Scientific American 301, 2, 78 (August 2009)

doi:10.1038/scientificamerican0809-78

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Kate Wong is a senior editor for evolution and ecology at Scientific American. Follow her on Twitter @katewong Credit: Nick Higgins

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