Visions of the Universe by Kazuaki Iwasaki & Isaac Asimov (Large Hardback)

Here are 46 stunning portraits of the Cosmos painted by the Japanese artist, Kazuaki Iwasaki. They are meticulous, almost photographic representations, but framed by the artist's eye--beauty informed by science. The reproductions sweep us from the Earth, the Moon and the Sun, to the Planets and the Stars. Each painting is accompanied by a clear and simple text written by the leading American science writer Isaac Asimov.