Seeing Is Believing: The Overview Effect

“Seeing is Believing:” First Overview Effect Picture Book Approved by Author Frank WhiteWhen the first edition of The Overview Effect: Space Exploration and Human Evolution was published in 1987, it contained no pictures, even though the topic was an inherently visual phenomenon. While this may have seemed like an oversight, it was actually a differentiator. Most books about space exploration have lots of pictures of the Earth, the Moon, planets, stars, and galaxies. The Overview Effect declared itself to be different and that attitude has continued through four editions.Today, everything changes: Seeing is Believing: Visions of the Overview Effect, by Frank White, is replete with pictures; primarily of the Earth, because that is the focus of the Overview Effect as a phenomenon.Perhaps more important than the photographs is the photographers; the astronauts themselves.The pictures in this book were taken by astronauts on from Low Earth Orbit or the Moon, and they are spectacular! Even those space travelers without a lot of training in photography seemed to become interested in using film and video to share their experience of the Overview Effect with the rest of us.So, if you’ve been wishing for a picture book about the Overview Effect, your wish has been granted! Enjoy the view! Read more