Eye Beyond the Sky: 27 Telescopes and Space Probes, from Hooker to Jwst

This book highlights stories of the most important 13 ground-based observatories and 14 space probes in human history, leading readers through each significant step of human’s astronomical observation journey. From the earliest Hooker Telescope and the Mount Wilson Observatory, to the latest FAST, JWST and DAMPE, the targets of observation range from large systems such as the solar system, the milky way, and the universe, to individual planets such as Jupiter, Saturn, Mars, and the remote stars, and to the matters that reveal the origin of the universe, such as dark matter and cosmic background radiation. The book presents the mysteries of the sky in an easily readable manner suitable for audiences of all ages who are curious about the universe and thirsty to know all the important discoveries in the past century, especially the last decade. With carefully-selected contents, the book weaves together a series of tales to make the convoluted history of astronomical observation full offun and excitement, ensuring that readers never lose interest during reading.

Jie Wang

Jie Wang is a Chinese popular science writer. He has published nine well received popular science books in China.

In 2012, his book The Shape of Time - A History of Relativity was named by the National Library of China as one of the 10 winners of the 8^th Wenjin Book Awards, also the only popular science book winner. In 2019, his book Prison of Time won the Popular Science Book Award of the18^th Hundreds-of-Flowers Literature Awards which are one of China’s top awards in literature.

Jie Wang serves as Secretary General of Voice of Science, a China-based group of popular science writers, bloggers and scientists who dedicate to disseminate scientific knowledge and scientific ways of thinking among audiences of all ages.

Focusing on physics and astronomy, Jie Wang is also a regular guest speaker of the Popular Astronomy Forum held by Shanghai Astronomical Observatory, Chinese Academy of Sciences.

Xiaoyan Huang, the translator, formerly served as the chief editor on China’s pioneering English language learning game, Woolearn Academy. In her time there, she had gained invaluable expertise in both translation and project management. Later in her career, Huang worked as Wang Jie’s literary assistant. She has been Wang’s trusted assistant for quite some time now, helping him with English literature reviews and proofreading. Her intimate understanding of academic literature and her ability to accurately apply that information have helped propel the quality of Wang Jie’s works and contribute to the development of a robust knowledge infrastructure.