Win a Free Copy of the "Life With Hubble" eBook!
IOP Publishing, our publication partner in the United Kingdom, has just released the 500th title in its ebooks program. Rather excitingly, it's part of the AAS-IOP Astronomy eBooks Collection: Life with Hubble: An Insider's View of the World's Most Famous Telescope by AAS member David Leckrone. To celebrate, IOP Publishing is giving away 50 free copies.
The Hubble Space Telescope is one of the most important scientific and engineering endeavors of our time. It has given us a remarkably clear view of the heavens and has revolutionized almost every area of astrophysics. David Leckrone worked on the program for more than three decades. From 1992 to 2009 he was Senior Project Scientist for Hubble at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center. In that role he had an insider's view of the trials and triumphs of the mission, including its extraordinary scientific discoveries and the personal journeys of the astronomers who made them, the adventure of five successful servicing missions, and the quiet heroism of the many scientists, engineers, and managers who rose to the occasion when Hubble was in trouble. This book is loosely a personal memoir but can more accurately be called a "Hubble family memoir" for which Leckrone serves as narrator.
To mark this exciting milestone in its ebook program, IOP Publishing is holding a special raffle to give away 50 digital copies of Life with Hubble. Additionally, entrants not chosen to receive the ebook will receive a voucher to purchase a 50% discounted digital copy through IOP Publishing’s bookstore (compare that to the 30% discount normally available to AAS members). Entries will be accepted until 31 August 2020.
If you're an amateur astronomer, professional researcher, science historian, educator, student, or any other type of astronomy enthusiast, we hope you will join us in celebrating this publishing milestone. Please share this message with your colleagues and friends so that they too can enter the drawing.
To hear more fascinating insights on Hubble's legacy, listen to Leckrone discuss his new book on the Physics World Weekly Podcast and watch IOP's Author Spotlight video on YouTube.
Beyond that, check out the AAS-IOP Astronomy eBooks Collection, including forthcoming books. And if you have an idea for a book you'd like to write, we'd love to receive your proposal at [email protected]!
— The AAS Publishing Team