Worlds Apart A Textbook in Planetary Sciences

Name: Worlds Apart A Textbook in Planetary Sciences
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ISBN: 9780139641312

ISBN-10: 0139641319

ISBN-13: 9780139641312

Edition: 1st 1994

Authors: Guy Consolmagno, Martha W. Schaefer

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Designed to be accessible to those with a strong general (not professional) interest in planetary science, this volume explores the various aspects of the solar system planet by planet. Along the way, it illustrates by example how science is done, and constantly goes beyond the issue of merely What do we know, to ask such questions as What motivates our questions?" and "How do we go about finding the answers?" Begins each chapter with a purely descriptive section about a planet; then includes two sections on topics that are related to the planet in question (e.g., atmospheric chemistry and Venus; the generation of magnetic fields and Jupiter). Later chapters consider more difficult…

Book details

List price: $134.20
Edition: 1st
Copyright year: 1994
Publisher: Benjamin-Cummings Publishing Company
Publication date: 3/30/1994
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 323
Size: 8.75" wide x 11.50" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 2.134
Language: English




A Place Near the Sun



The Sun



The Moon



Mercury



Venus



Earth



Mars



Moving Our Place



Meteorites and Asteroids



Jupiter



The Outer Planets



Planetary Satellites



Comets and the Solar Wind



The Origin of the Solar System



Planets



Planetary Satellites



Other Useful Data Figure Credits


Index