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The Solar System in Close-Up
John Wilkinson
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Description for The Solar System in Close-Up
Paperback. Series: Astronomers' Universe. BIC Classification: WNX. Dimension: 235 x 155. .
In response to the new information gained about the Solar System from recent space probes and space telescopes, the experienced science author Dr. John Wilkinson presents the state-of-the art knowledge on the Sun, solar system planets and small solar system objects like comets and asteroids. He also describes space missions like the New Horizon's space probe that provided never seen before pictures of the Pluto system; the Dawn space probe, having just visited the asteroid Vesta, and the dwarf planet Ceres; and the Rosetta probe inorbit around comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko that has sent extraordinary and most exciting pictures. Those and a ... Read more
In response to the new information gained about the Solar System from recent space probes and space telescopes, the experienced science author Dr. John Wilkinson presents the state-of-the art knowledge on the Sun, solar system planets and small solar system objects like comets and asteroids. He also describes space missions like the New Horizon's space probe that provided never seen before pictures of the Pluto system; the Dawn space probe, having just visited the asteroid Vesta, and the dwarf planet Ceres; and the Rosetta probe inorbit around comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko that has sent extraordinary and most exciting pictures. Those and a ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Springer International Publishing AG
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Series
Astronomers' Universe
Condition
New
Number of Pages
291
Place of Publication
Cham, Switzerland
ISBN
9783319276274
SKU
V9783319276274
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99-15
About John Wilkinson
Dr. John Wilkinson is an experienced science author having recently written The Moon in Close-up (Springer 2010), and New eyes on the Sun (Springer 2012) and 100+ science textbooks published for Australian schools. Science textbooks have been published by Macmillan Australia and Oxford University Press (Australia). John is a science educator ... Read more
Reviews for The Solar System in Close-Up
Each chapter begins with bullet points of chapter highlights, followed by copious detail on the subjects ... many excellent images, some tables, and useful diagrams. ... All references are web links (mostly to NASA). Summing Up: Recommended. Lower-division undergraduates, general readers. (M.-K. Hemenway, Choice, Vol. 54 (4), December, 2016)