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The Cambridge Guide to the Solar System

Categorie	Ruimtevaart & Astronomie
Boeknummer	#363733-KG7
Titel	The Cambridge Guide to the Solar System
Auteur	Lang, Kenneth R.
Boektype	Gebonden hardcover met stofomslag
Uitgeverij	Cambridge University Press
Jaar van uitgave	2011
ISBN10	0521198577
ISBN13	9780521198578
Taal	Engels
Beschrijving	Original cloth, gilt lettered spine, dust jacket, illustrated with numerous (full page) colour photographs, 4to.
Samenvatting	Richly illustrated with full-color images, this book is a comprehensive, up-to-date description of the planets, their moons, and recent exoplanet discoveries. This second edition of a now classic reference is brought up to date with fascinating new discoveries from 12 recent Solar System missions. Examples include water on the Moon, volcanism on Mercury's previously unseen half, vast buried glaciers on Mars, geysers on Saturn's moon Enceladus, lakes of hydrocarbons on Titan, encounter with asteroid Itokawa, and sample return from comet Wild 2. The book is further enhanced by hundreds of striking new images of the planets and moons. Written at an introductory level appropriate for undergraduate and high-school students, it provides fresh insights that appeal to anyone with an interest in pl... (Lees verder)anetary science. A website hosted by the author contains all the images in the book with an overview of their importance. A link to this can be found at www. cambridge. org/solarsystem.
Pagina's	502
Conditie	Goed
Prijs	€ 25,00

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