L'exploration de l'espace
Adapted from the English by Paul Baudry
A wide-ranging illustrated overview of astronomy and space exploration for the general reader, by the British astronomer Heather Couper. Across nine lavishly photographed chapters, the book surveys the history of astronomy, observing techniques, the conquest of space, the solar system, the life and death of stars, the search for extraterrestrial life and cosmology. This is the French edition (Gründ, 1982), adapted from the English original Space, the Final Frontier (Octopus Books, 1980).