1973 Printing with revisions of book originally printed in 1972. In beautiful blue cloth with foil stamping and blue endpapers. Jacket has a couple short tears to head of spine and top of front panel and edgewear/nicks with rubbing to spine ends and some scuffing. Light fading to spine. 2nd Printing.

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Title: Moons and Planets: An Introduction to Planetary Science
Publisher: Belmont Publishing, Belmont
Publication Date: 1973
Language: English
ISBN 10: 0800500326
ISBN 13: 9780800500320
Binding: Hardcover
Edition: First Edition.
Printing: 2nd Printing
Condition: Fine
Dust Jacket Condition: Good

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This comprehensive, broad-based and authoritative survey of discoveries in planetary astronomy and geology synthesis contains many important results from space exploration programs such as Viking Studies on Mars, geological results from studies of lunar rocks, probes of Venus, and photographs of such satellites as Phobs, Ganymede, Io, Mimas, and Rhea. The material, organized in an evolutionary fashion, covers such topics as a general review of planets and their orbital dynamics, discussions of their origins, interiors, surface features and atmospheres, and problems of life's evolution on other worlds. Optional mathematics sections allow flexibility in the level of presentation. Numerous photographs and drawings are included as well as a detailed bibliography of recently published research. This book should be of interest to students on courses in astronomy.

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William K. Hartmann is known internationally as a planetary astronomer, writer, and painter. He is a Senior Scientist at the Planetary Science Institute in Tucson, Arizona. His research has involved the origin and evolution of planets and studies of the surfaces of Mars, the moon, asteroids, and comets. Asteroid 3341 is named after him in recognition of this work, and in 1998 he was named first recipient of the Carl Sagan medal of the American Astronomical Society for communicating planetary science to the public. In 2002 he was awarded a medal from the European Geophysical Society for his work on planetary cratering. He has authored three other astronomy books for Thomson, Brooks-Cole, several popular astronomy books, and two novels, MARS UNDERGROUND and CITIES OF GOLD.

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