Exploring the Solar System

Name: Exploring the Solar System
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ISBN: 9781405134996

ISBN-10: 1405134992

ISBN-13: 9781405134996

Edition: 2011

Authors: Peter Bond

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NOTE A version of this proposal has already been submitted to the Publishing Group as Gilmour: Exploring the Solar System. Gilmour had to back out from the project, but Peter Bond of the RAS has agreed to take the project on. I have resubmitted it as a new project because the outline is slightly changed, but more importantly because - as discussed when the Gilmour proposal was adopted - we think there is a good sized non-majors market, with serious adoption potential. However this requires doing the book in four colour, with a 3000 print run. Planetary Science courses at introductory level fall into four main categories: 1. Astronomy-based 2. Planetary geoscience-based, with the emphasis on…

Book details

List price: $51.50
Copyright year: 2011
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, Limited
Publication date: 2/20/2012
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 456
Size: 8.75" wide x 11.00" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 2.904
Language: English



Introduction



Beginnings



Sun



Earth



The Moon



Mercury



Venus



Mars



Jupiter



Saturn



Uranus



Neptune



Pluto and the Kuiper Belt



Comets, Asteroids and Meteorites



Exoplanets


Appendices


Glossary


Further Reading


Index