Solar System
Weidenfeld Nicolson Illustrated (Verlag)
978-0-304-35994-3 (ISBN)
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Our immediate neighbourhood in space is stranger than we think. On Jupiter winds reach speeds of over 6,000 mph. Venus has been viewed as a 'planet-wide catastrophe ...a thoroughly nasty place'. Ice volcanoes on Neptune. Saturn, in addition to its rings, has 30 moons - 12 of them discovered only last year. In addition to these peculiarities it now appears that the Solar System may also harbour life on Mars and the moons of Jupiter and Saturn. As our exploration of the Solar System gathers momentum this book explores what we have discovered already, what we might discover next, and explains the technologies, from telescopes to robot probes, which gather this information.
Nigel Hey is a former Senior Administrator at Sandia National Laboratories, largest scientific research institutions in the US. He sold his first short story to the BBC at the age of 11, and now writes primarily about science and science policy for the national and international media. A contributing author for THE SCIENCE BOOK, he is also the author of 3 previously published books and the editor of several reference works. He is a member of the American Association for the Advancement of Science and the Association of British Science Writers. Among numerous other jobs, he served as an information officer during the launch of the Project Galileo spacecraft.
Introduction; The Greatest Drama; The View From Here; Technology, Dreams and Little Green Men; Interplanetary Voyagers; The Billion-Mile Remote Control; Our Place In Space; The Planetary Neighbourhood; Twin Giants; The Outer Limits; Glossary
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 10.10.2002 |
|---|---|
| Reihe/Serie | Mapping Science S. |
| Zusatzinfo | Colour 140 |
| Verlagsort | London |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 200 x 229 mm |
| Gewicht | 993 g |
| Themenwelt | Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Natur / Technik ► Weltraum / Astronomie |
| Naturwissenschaften ► Physik / Astronomie ► Astronomie / Astrophysik | |
| ISBN-10 | 0-304-35994-7 / 0304359947 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-304-35994-3 / 9780304359943 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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