From our own planet to the very edge of the visible universe, includes Huygens-Cassini space probe images of Titan, Lavishly illustrated and imaginatively presented, Informative, Authoritative and accessible. Some of the finest photographs ever published. A definitive guide to the universe.Ocean examines every facet of a remarkable environment It traces Man’s efforts to probe the deep in the aid of scientific discovery; it also covers his less worthy activities regarding the environment, the ramifications of which remain uncertain. Mankind began to look outward with the dawn of the space era in the 1950s. This book shows that seventy per cent of the Earth’s surface is a source of wonder whose secrets have yet to be fully revealed
