The Cambridge Photographic Guide to the Planets - Hardcover

Taylor, Fredric W.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0521781833 ISBN 13: 9780521781831

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2001

Synopsis

The Cambridge Photographic Guide to the Planets includes a broad selection of the latest images of the planets, moons, comets, and asteroids of the Earth's Solar System. Beginning with a comprehensive introduction to the planetary system, its origin and its evolution, physicist Frederick Taylor devotes each chapter to a different planet or Solar System body, with a thorough presentation of its moons and rings, and incorporates images from planetary missions and explanatory captions. Having worked with NASA and the European Space Agency on missions to Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Mercury, and Titan, Taylor offers an unusually experienced perspective in this comprehensive reference. Frederic W. Taylor is Halley Professor of Physics at the University of Oxford and a Distinguished Visiting Scientist in the Earth and Space Sciences Division at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology. His research interests include the physics of planetary atmospheres; experimental methods for studying atmospheres; and the theory of atmospheric radiation and atmospheric molecular spectroscopy.

About this title

Book Description:

The Cambridge Photographic Guide to the Planets contains a selection of the latest and most interesting images of the planets, comets and asteroids of our Solar System. The book begins with a general introduction to the planetary system, its origin and evolution. Each subsequent chapter is devoted to a different planet or solar system body, with a selection of carefully chosen images from planetary missions, and explanatory captions. This photographic guide will be of interest to anybody with a fascination of the planets, from the amateur to the professional astronomer.

About the Author:

Fred Taylor is Halley Professor of Physics at the University of Oxford, and a Distinguished Visiting Scientist in the Earth and Space Sciences Division at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology. His research interests include the physics of planetary atmospheres; experimental methods for studying atmospheres; and the theory of atmospheric radiation and atmospheric molecular spectroscopy. Professor Taylor has worked with NASA or the European Space Agency on missions to Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Mercury and Titan.

About this edition

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 2001
• ISBN 10: 0521781833
• ISBN 13: 9780521781831
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 316