NEW BOOK
NANOCOSMOS
Journeys in Electron Space
“Nanocosmos is both a journey into infinitesimal landscapes on Earth and a meditation on how humans visually explore and represent the physical world.”
— Katie Neith, Nautilus, October 17, 2025
Books
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SPACE ODYSSEY: STANLEY KUBRICK, ARTHUR C. CLARKE, AND THE MAKING OF A MASTERPIECE
SIMON & SCHUSTER, APRIL 2018
At last! The dense, intense, detailed, and authoritative saga of the making of the greatest motion picture I’ve ever seen, 2001: A Space Odyssey. I now have reason to see Kubrick’s “proverbial ‘really good’ science fiction movie” another 200 times. Michael Benson has done the Cosmos a great service.
— Tom Hanks
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![Book cover titled 'NANOCOSMOS' with an electron microscope image of a spiky, spherical nanostructure, authored by Michael Benson, with subtitle 'Journeys in Electron Space'.]()
NANOCOSMOS: JOURNEYS IN THE ELECTRON SPACE
ABRAMS, 2025
“Nanocosmos is both a journey into infinitesimal landscapes on Earth and a meditation on how humans visually explore and represent the physical world.”— Katie Neith, Nautilus
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![Book titled 'Otherworlds: Visions of Our Solar System' by Michael Benson, featuring an image of a planet on the cover.]()
OTHERWORLDS: VISIONS OF OUR SOLAR SYSTEM
NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM, LONDON, 2016; ABRAMS EDITION 2017
"Marveling at Michael Benson’s visual genius is as close as you’ll ever get to exploring outer space."
— Nico Hines, The Daily Beast
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![Cover of a book titled 'Cosmographics: Picturing Space Through Time' by Michael Benson, featuring a circular, colorful illustration resembling a cosmic or planetary diagram.]()
COSMIGRAPHICS: PICTURING SPACE THROUGH TIME
ABRAMS, 2014; JAPANESE EDITION 2016
"One of my favorite art books ever."
— Kurt Anderson, Studio 360, WNYC (NPR)
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![Book titled 'Planetfall: New Solar System Visions' by Michael Benson, with space-themed cover art featuring streaks of light and a small planet or moon.]()
PLANETFALL: NEW SOLAR SYSTEM VISIONS
ABRAMS, OCTOBER 2012; JAPANESE AND GERMAN EDITIONS 2013
“All retrospectives, art and otherwise, should shock us awake the way this one does.”
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![Book titled "Far Out: A Space-Time Chronicle" featuring a galaxy image on the cover.]()
FAR OUT: A SPACE-TIME CHRONICLE
ABRAMS, 2010; JAPANESE EDITION 2011
“Actually 'exquisite' does not really do justice to the aesthetic and literary merits of the book.”
— Dennis Overbye, The New York Times -
![Book titled 'BEYOND: Visions of the Interplanetary Probes' by Michael Benson, featuring a crescent moon or planet on the dark cover.]()
BEYOND: VISIONS OF THE INTERPLANETARY PROBES
ABRAMS, 2003; FRENCH, GERMAN, SPANISH, AND JAPANESE EDITIONS 2003; PAPERBACK 2008; CHILDREN'S EDITION 2009; KOREAN CHILDREN'S EDITION 2010
"An aesthetic revelation... a spectacular melding of science and art."
— Tom Curwin, LA Times
