£42.00
This complete set of melamine dinnerware features eight 10" original watercolour portraits of our solar system. Planet Plates are dishwasher-safe and light enough to pack for a picnic - yet sturdy enough to orbit the rowdiest potluck supper. Your buffet table can be a geocentric homage to Ptolemy... or you can let the block party know exactly what you think of Copernicus deniers! Contents: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune. (Pluto not included, because it wasn't a planet at the time of going to press).
8 plates, 25.5 cm diameter.
Not microwave safe.
£3.95
On February 14th 1990, Carl Sagan had the brilliant idea that Voyager 1 should turn back and take a 'family portrait' of our solar system. From that photograph, we got the 'pale blue dot' image of Earth. If that doesn't put things into perspective, we...
£19.99
A soft grey t-shirt featuring Johannes Kepler’s depiction of the motions of Mars between 1580 and 1596 - as they would have to be if it was a geocentric universe. The woodcut is from his Astronomia Nova (1609). Also available in other styles and shapes. 100% cotton long-sleeved t-shirt.Dark...
£14.99
NASA’s stunningly detailed topographical model of the moon was created stereographically using the thousands of pictures taken by their tiny WAC satellite. This vivid image is of the ‘far side’, and is coloured by elevation - purple is low, red is high. Also available as various...
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The bestselling authors of Wonders of the Universe are back with another blockbuster, a groundbreaking exploration of our Solar System as it has never been seen before. Andrew Cohen and Professor Brian Cox take readers on a voyage of discovery, from the fiery heart of...
