Lives of the planets : a natural history of the solar system
Corfield, R. M.2012
Book
"Lives of the Planets" is a sweeping tour of our solar system, from the sun and demoted Pluto, to the Kuiper Belt and beyond the edge of the interstellar void. From the Neolithic computer that is Stonehenge to Galileo's telescope to Kepler's latest search for life on other planets, Richard Corfield deftly describes the colorful history of humanity's unfolding discovery of our solar system's secrets.<p>In this era of unprecedented discovery, "Lives of the Planets" is a comprehensive survey of our growing knowledge and the history of how we got here.
Main title:
Lives of the planets : a natural history of the solar system / Richard Corfield.
Author:
Imprint:
New York : Basic Books, 2012.
Collation:
xiv, 268 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. ; 21 cm.
Contents:
1.Ages of dark and light: the sun -- 2.The piper at the gates of dawn: Mercury -- 3.The greenhouse in the sky: Venus -- 4.The wizards of earthsea: Earth and Moon -- 5.The Martian chronicles: Mars -- 6.The outward urge: asteroids -- 7.The eye of the universe: Jupiter -- 8.Ringing infinity: Saturn -- 9.The harmonies of the ice giants: Uranus and Neptune -- 10.Termination shock: Pluto and the Kuiper Belt.
ISBN:
97804650285110465028519
Dewey class:
523.2
Language:
English
BRN:
177320
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