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Book Description Hardcover. Condition: New. Dust Jacket Condition: New. 1st Edition. Sweeping tour of the Solar System. from the Sun to the recently downgraded Pluto and beyond to the intersteller void. Builds on knowledge gained over the centuries, with new information from robotic space probes. Shows how modern technology has massively expanded our knowledge and understanding of the planets in our system.xiv+268 pages, color photo insert,Index. Published @ $27.50. Seller Inventory # 14444
Book Description Hardcover. Condition: New. First U.S. Edition. LIVES OF THE PLANET describes a scientific field in the midst of a revolution. Planetary science has mainly been a descriptive science, but it is becoming increasingly experimental. The space probes that went up between the 1960s and 1990s were primarily generalists-they collected massive amounts of information so that scientists could learn what questions to pursue. But recent missions have become more focused: Scientists know better what information they want and how to collect it. Even now probes are on their way to Mercury, Venus, Mars, and Pluto, with Europa-one of Jupiter's moons-on the agenda. In a sweeping look into the manifold objects inhabiting the depths of space,LIVES OF THE PLANET delves into the mythology and the knowledge humanity has built over the ages. Placing our current understanding in historical context, Richard Corfield explores the seismic shifts in planetary astronomy and probes why we must change our perspective of our place in the universe. In our era of extraordinary discovery, this is the first comprehensive survey of this new understanding and the history of how we got here. Includes a section of color photographs. Mint, new, unread, first edition, first printing, in new, mylar-protected dust jacket.268 pp, with Index. {Not remainder-marked or price-clipped} NFBS2. Seller Inventory # 022390
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