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Synopsis
The Cambridge Guide to the Solar System provides a comprehensive, funamental, and up-to-date description of the solar system. It is written in a concise, light and uniform style, without being unnecessarily weighted down with specialized materials or the variable writing of multiple authors. It is filled with vital facts and information for astronomers of all types and for anyone with a scientific interest in the Earth, our Moon, all the other planets and their satellites, and related topics such as asteroids, comets, meteorites and meteors. The language, style, ideas and profuse illustrations will attract the general reader as well as professionals. A thorough report for general readers, it includes much compact reference data. Metaphors, similes and analogies will be of immense help to the lay person or non-science student, and they add to the enjoyment of the material. Vignettes containing historical, literary and even artistic material make this book unusual and interesting, and enhance its scientific content. Kenneth Lang is professor of astronomy in the Physics and Astronomy Department at Tufts University. He is the author of several astrophysics books, including The Sun from Space (Springer Verlag, 2000), Astrophysical Formulae: Radiation, Gas Processes, and High Energy Physics (Springer Verlag, 1999), Sun, Earth and Sky (Copernicus Books, 1997), Astrophysical Data: Planets and Stars (Springer Verlag, 1993), and Wanderers in Space: Exploration and Discovery in the Solar System (Cambridge, 1991),
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The Cambridge Guide to the Solar System provides a comprehensive and up-to-date description of the planets and their moons. Written at an introductory level appropriate for high school and undergraduate students, Professor Lang leads the reader on a fascinating journey of exploration to the worlds beyond our home planet Earth. The book is filled with vital facts and information about each of the planets and the space missions that have visited them. Lavishly illustrated in colour throughout, this book will appeal to professionals and general readers interested in planetary science.
About the Author
Professor Lang is an award-winning astronomy and planetary science writer, having published ten books which have been translated into seven languages.
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- PublisherCambridge University Press
- Publication date2003
- ISBN 10 0521813069
- ISBN 13 9780521813068
- BindingHardcover
- LanguageEnglish
- Edition number1
- Number of pages468
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