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On the Shores of Titan´s Farthest Sea: A Scientific Novel
Michael Carroll
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Description for On the Shores of Titan´s Farthest Sea: A Scientific Novel
Paperback. Series: Science and Fiction. Num Pages: 268 pages, 5 black & white illustrations, 3 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: FL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 163 x 237 x 14. Weight in Grams: 394.
Titan is practically a planet in its own right, with a diameter similar to that of Mercury, methane rainstorms, organic soot and ethane seas. All of the most detailed knowledge on the moon's geology, volcanology, meteorology, marine sciences and chemistry are gathered together here to paint a factually accurate hypothetical future of early human colonization on this strange world. The views from Titan's Mayda Outpost are spectacular, but all is not well at the moon's remote science base. On the shore of a methane sea beneath glowering skies, atmospherics researcher Abigail Marco finds herself in the middle ... Read more
Titan is practically a planet in its own right, with a diameter similar to that of Mercury, methane rainstorms, organic soot and ethane seas. All of the most detailed knowledge on the moon's geology, volcanology, meteorology, marine sciences and chemistry are gathered together here to paint a factually accurate hypothetical future of early human colonization on this strange world. The views from Titan's Mayda Outpost are spectacular, but all is not well at the moon's remote science base. On the shore of a methane sea beneath glowering skies, atmospherics researcher Abigail Marco finds herself in the middle ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Springer International Publishing AG
Condition
New
Series
Science and Fiction
Number of Pages
268
Place of Publication
Cham, Switzerland
ISBN
9783319177588
SKU
V9783319177588
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Ref
99-15
About Michael Carroll
Award-winning space artist and science writer Michael Carroll has written 26 books, ranging from children's devotionals to titles that include Drifting on Alien Winds: Exploring the Skies and Weather of Other Worlds and Alien Seas: Oceans in Space, both published by Springer. He has done art for NASA, the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, and dozens of book and magazine publishers internationally. ... Read more
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