Holborn, Mark Sun and Moon (0714876569)

<p><strong>A spectacular pictorial history of astronomical exploration, for anyone who has gazed at the sky and wondered what lies beyond</strong></p> <p>From the beginning of time, human beings have looked up at the stars and speculated on other worlds. Published to mark the fiftieth anniversary of the first moon landing, <em>Sun and Moon</em> tells the story of that burning human need to comprehend the universe, from Neolithic observatories that mark the solstice to the latest space telescopes. </p><p>It shows, for the first time, how the development of photography and cartography – the means of documenting other worlds – is linked indelibly to the charting of the heavens, from the first image on a glass plate to the Hubble Space Telescope.</p>