books by Andrew Chaikin
books:
Andrew Chaikin
Apollo : An Eyewitness Account By Astronaut/Explorer Artist/Moonwalker
Alan Bean
, Andrew Chaikin
The Greenwich Workshop Press
, 1998
Reviewing Hero's
If you have a strong interest in Space travel, and always wanted to talk to the Astronauts that went to the moon to ask them how it felt or what they were thinking as they walked on a planet other then earth, this is the book that will bring you to a time that has ...
The New Solar System
Andrew L. Chaikin
Cambridge University Press
, 1998
Thorough planetology book for the non-expert public
This is a very thorough book, covering many important aspects of planetology. Its level of depth is very adequate to its intended public, that of non-expert but "science-literate" people. Although slightly out-of-date (it's been 5 years since its publication), most of ...
A Passion for Mars: Intrepid Explorers of the Red Planet
Andrew Chaikin
Abrams
, 2008
Andy Chaikin's Passion is Contagious
Andy Chaikin has a done it again. His passion for space exploration is heart-felt and evokes inspiration through a lens of history, science and curiosity. Chaikin manages to blend the best of human vision (such as Ray Bradbury's or Arthur C. Clarke's science fiction) ...
Voices from the Moon: Apollo Astronauts Describe Their Lunar Experiences
Andrew Chaikin
Studio
, 2009
A Man on the Moon: The Voyages of the Apollo Astronauts
Andrew Chaikin
Penguin (Non-Classics)
, 2007
A Recreation of Wonder
This book vividly paints the picture of the voyages and lives of the Apollo astronauts. It is exhaustively detailed; so much so that you often feel as if the astronauts are telling their own stories in real time. For true fans of the Apollo era this is the ...
Mission Control, This is Apollo: The Story of the First Voyages to the Moon
Andrew Chaikin
Viking Juvenile
, 2009
July 20, 1969, marked one of the climactic moments in our history?the day Apollo 11 landed on the moon. But it is only one piece of a magnificent story. Mission Control, This Is Apollo , by the acclaimed Andrew Chaikin (author of A Man on the Moon , basis of the HBO miniseries From the Earth to the Moon ), recounts space history from the ...
Josh Simpson: Glass Artist
Andrew Chaikin
Guild Publishing
, 2001
Beautiful book, next best thing to being there.
February of 2001 found me on a hilltop next to an old barn about ten miles from the Vermont border. It was cold out, that's for sure. New England winter is no joke! Soon, however, I was sweltering, as I was being ushered through the hot attic of an old barn, past row ...
Air and Space: The National Air and Space Museum Story of Flight
Andrew Chaikin
Bulfinch Press
, 1997
Air and Space : The National Air and Space Museum Story
Worth it for the photos alone. The writer shares with us his life long love of aviation. He explores the history of aviation in a fashion that will please the expert as well as the curious. He uses the Smithsonian collection to make points about the hsitory of ...
Full Moon
Michael Light
, Andrew Chaikin
Knopf
, 1999
Excellent High Resolution Print found nowhere else
I can use "picture book" to describe Full Moon, as images contributed as the major part of this book. Don't think that this book is not worth reading, indeed, it is on the contrary, this is an extraordinary book, because of the photos. There are a lot of astronomy ...
Space: A History of Space Exploration in Photographs
Andrew Chaikin
Firefly Books
, 2004
Spectacular!!!!
Andrew Chaikin is best known for his classic book "A Man on the Moon" which describes the Apollo missions to the moon and was basis for the equally classic HBO series "From the Earth to the Moon." In his latest offering, Andrew Chaikin presents the history of space ...
Man On the Moon the Voyages of the Apoll
Andrew Chaikin
Penguin Putnam~trade
, 1995
Chaikin is magnificent!
Andrew Chaikin has written the most fascinating and thorough book on the Apollo Moon Missions in this book. This book is to Apollo what "The Right Stuff" was to Mercury. He touches on every aspect of "putting a man on the moon and bringing him safely back to Earth"! If ...
Space: A History of Space Exploration in Photographs (Little Book)
Andrew Chaikin
Carlton Books US
, 2008
Written by one of the worlds foremost scientific journalists and space historians, Andrew Chaikin, and with 400 images from all the major space agencies including rare images from Russia, Space is a visually stunning and enlightening book about a pivotal, and hugely exciting period in history. Published to coincide with the 50th Anniversary of ...
When Dinosaurs Walked (Early Literacy Library)
Andrew Chaikin
World Book
, 2004
The holidays in one fast easy place
I home school and LOVE this book. I actually looked it up to send the link to a friend who wants to buy her own copy after seeing mine. This book has all the holidays that your grade school child will be exposed to in the USA. It covers what the holiday is in a way ...
A Man on the Moon
Andrew/ Hanks, Tom (FRW) Chaikin
Penguin Group USA
, 2007
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