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The Cambridge Guide to the Solar System.

With full color images, this classic reference is brought up-to-date, and will appeal to anyone with an interest in planetary science.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Lang, Kenneth R.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Leiden : Cambridge University Press, 2011.
Edición:2nd ed.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Focus elements; Tables; Preface to the second edition; Preface to the first edition; Principal units; Part 1 Changing views and fundamental concepts; 1 Evolving perspectives: a historical prologue; 2 The new close-up view from space; 3 Atmospheres, magnetospheres and the solar wind; Part 2 The inner solar system: rocky worlds; 4 Restless Earth: third rock from the Sun; 5 The Earth's Moon: stepping stone to the planets; 6 Mercury: a dense battered world; 7 Venus: the veiled planet; 8 Mars: the red planet.