Big Splat, or How Our Moon Came to Be

Name: Big Splat, or How Our Moon Came to Be
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ISBN: 9780471150572

ISBN-10: 0471150576

ISBN-13: 9780471150572

Edition: 2003

Authors: Dana Mackenzie

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Description:

This science history relates one of the great breakthroughs in astronomy - the evolution of a theory of the moon's genesis. It explains how the moon was born, exploring notions of the moon in classical cosmology and relating the history of lunar speculation from Galileo to modern astronomers.

Book details

List price: $33.95
Copyright year: 2003
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Canada, Limited
Publication date: 3/1/2003
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 240
Size: 6.34" wide x 9.32" long x 0.86" tall
Weight: 1.100
Language: English



Introduction: Genesis Revised



A Highly Practical Stone



The Stone Star



Kepler Laughed



The Clockwork Solar System



Daughter Moon



Captive Moon



Sister Moon



Renaissance and Controversy



"A Little Science on the Moon"



When Worlds Collide



The Kona Consensus



Introducing Theia



Did We Really Go to the Moon?


Glossary


References


Acknowledgments


Index