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Exploring Space, Exploring Earth: New Understanding of the Earth from Space Research
Paul D. Lowman Jr
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Description for Exploring Space, Exploring Earth: New Understanding of the Earth from Space Research
Hardcover. Account of the impact of space exploration on our understanding of the geology and geophysics of Earth. Num Pages: 382 pages, 114 b/w illus. 27 colour illus. 6 tables. BIC Classification: PHVG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 228 x 152 x 26. Weight in Grams: 1007.
Paul Lowman, a NASA scientist for over 40 years, describes the impact of space flight on geology and geophysics. A foreword by Neil Armstrong emphasizes that the exploration of space has lead us to a far deeper understanding of our own planet. Direct results from Earth-orbital missions include studies of Earth's gravity and magnetic fields. In contrast, the recognition of the economic and biological significance of impact craters on Earth is an indirect consequence of the study of the geology of other planets. The final chapter presents a new theory for the tectonic evolution of the Earth based on comparative ... Read more
Paul Lowman, a NASA scientist for over 40 years, describes the impact of space flight on geology and geophysics. A foreword by Neil Armstrong emphasizes that the exploration of space has lead us to a far deeper understanding of our own planet. Direct results from Earth-orbital missions include studies of Earth's gravity and magnetic fields. In contrast, the recognition of the economic and biological significance of impact craters on Earth is an indirect consequence of the study of the geology of other planets. The final chapter presents a new theory for the tectonic evolution of the Earth based on comparative ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
382
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Condition
New
Weight
1006g
Number of Pages
408
Place of Publication
Cambridge, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780521661256
SKU
V9780521661256
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About Paul D. Lowman Jr
Paul Lowman has been involved in a wide range of space research programs at the Goddard Space Flight Center. In 1963–4 he took part in planning for the Apollo missions. He was Principal Investigator for Synoptic Terrain Photography on the Mercury, Gemini, and Apollo earth orbital missions, an experiment that laid the foundation for Landsat. Between 1965 and 1970 he ... Read more
Reviews for Exploring Space, Exploring Earth: New Understanding of the Earth from Space Research
'OU students of Earth Sciences will find this an interesting and stimulating read.' The Open University Geological Society Journal '… a well researched, well illustrated and a well referenced book … I believe that the book is guaranteed to start the serious geologist looking at traditional ideas and concepts in a slightly different light.' Open University Geological Society Journal