Series · 5 posters · 1610 to 1977

Looking up

Galileo’s observations of the Moon (1610), Newton’s laws of motion (1687), Messier’s catalogue of nebulae and star clusters (1781), Hubble’s relation between distance and velocity (1929) and the cover of the record carried by the two Voyager probes (1977).

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The posters

Each poster in its first theme; its page has the others, and a wallpaper.

  1. 1 · Physics & astronomy

    Sidereus Nuncius: the Moon

    Galileo Galilei, 1610

    Print from A2

  2. 2 · Physics & astronomy

    Axiomata, sive Leges Motus

    Isaac Newton, 1687

    Print from A2

  3. 3 · Physics & astronomy

    Catalogue des Nébuleuses et des amas d’Étoiles

    Charles Messier, 1781

    Print from A1

  4. 4 · Physics & astronomy

    A Relation between Distance and Radial Velocity among Extra-Galactic Nebulae

    Edwin Hubble, 1929

    Print from A3

  5. 5 · Space exploration

    The Voyager Golden Record: the cover

    NASA, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, 1977

    Print from A3

US formats

Letter, Tabloid, 18 × 24 and 24 × 36 in are not in the repository but in the latest release, in one zip per category, with every theme:

  • Physics & astronomy, US formats physics-us.zip · Sidereus Nuncius: the Moon, Axiomata, sive Leges Motus, Catalogue des Nébuleuses et des amas d’Étoiles, A Relation between Distance and Radial Velocity among Extra-Galactic Nebulae
  • Space exploration, US formats space-us.zip · The Voyager Golden Record: the cover

The A, 50 × 70 and 60 × 80 cm PDFs of these posters, in every theme, are also in the latest release, in one zip per category: Physics & astronomy, Space exploration.

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