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Space Atlas: Mapping the Universe and Beyond is a National Geographic book written by American physicist James S. Trefil, Robinson Professor of Physics at George Mason University in 2012. It is subdivided into three parts, including photography, star charts, and general information surrounding the Solar System, the Milky Way galaxy, and the ...
The use of the word "atlas" in a geographical context dates from 1595 when the German-Flemish geographer Gerardus Mercator published Atlas Sive Cosmographicae Meditationes de Fabrica Mundi et Fabricati Figura ("Atlas or cosmographical meditations upon the creation of the universe and the universe as created"). This title provides Mercator's ...
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The Atlas of the DC Universe was designed to serve both as a gaming material for the DC Heroes role-playing game, published by Mayfair, and a standalone "in-universe" reference book for the fans of DC Comics. Many of the cities, such as Metropolis and Star City, were given exact locations on maps provided within the book.
They were financed by the map and atlas publisher George Philip and presented themselves for the first time at the Frankfurt Book Fair in Germany in 1969 with Patrick Moore's Moonflight Atlas. [2] First titles which were published in 1970 were the Mitchell Beazley Atlas of the Universe by Patrick Moore and Golden Sovereigns by Nicolas Bentley.
Norton's Star Atlas and Reference Handbook – Ed. Ian Ridpath (stars to magnitude 6.5) Stars & Planets Guide – Ian Ridpath and Wil Tirion (stars to magnitude 6.0) [11] Cambridge Double Star Atlas – James Mullaney and Wil Tirion (stars to magnitude 7.5) Cambridge Atlas of Herschel Objects – James Mullaney and Wil Tirion (stars to ...
Stielers Handatlas 10th Edition Map of India and Asia, printed in Stieler's Atlas Map of Iran and Turan in Qajar dynasty drawn by Adolf Stieler. Stielers Handatlas (after Adolf Stieler, 1775–1836), formally titled Hand-Atlas über alle Theile der Erde und über das Weltgebäude (Handy atlas of all parts of the world and of the universe), was the leading German world atlas of the last three ...
Halton Christian "Chip" Arp (March 21, 1927 – December 28, 2013) was an American astronomer.He is remembered for his 1966 book Atlas of Peculiar Galaxies, which catalogued unusual looking galaxies and presented their images.