Out of Sight: Pictures of Hidden Worlds.Out of Sight: Pictures of Hidden Worlds. Seymour Simon
New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of : North-South (Sea Star) Books (800-722-6657), 2000. Illus ILLUS Illustration ILLUS Illustrate ., hardcover, 48 pp., $15.95. It is important for youngsters to understand the limits of our naked vision and the means we have to greatly enhance it. In this book are pictured objects such as a virus, molecules of cholesterol, the Eagle Nebula The Eagle Nebula (also known as Messier Object 16, M16 or NGC 6611), perhaps one of the most famous and easily recognized space objects, is a young open cluster of stars in the constellation Serpens, discovered by Jean-Philippe de Cheseaux in 1745-46. , etc., which have been recorded by microscopes and telescopes. These photographs, sometimes colored by computers for greater clarity of perception, not only show us parts of the title's hidden worlds, they are also in themselves remarkably affecting aesthetic images, combinations of shapes and hues guaranteed to stimulate youngsters' imaginations. The brief caption-like text supplies basic facts, but the large photographs printed on black backgrounds make their compelling impressions non-verbally. |
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