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17%OFFRichard Greenberg - Unmasking Europa - 9780387479361 - V9780387479361
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Unmasking Europa

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Description for Unmasking Europa Hardcover. This book features firsthand accounts of Galileo's mission to Jupiter and stunning images of Europa's surface. It tells the inside story of a very human enterprise in science that lead to the discovery of a fantastic new world that might well harbor life. Num Pages: 277 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PG; PHVB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 243 x 168 x 27. Weight in Grams: 582.
Jupiter's ice moon Europa is widely regarded as the most likely place to find extraterrestrial life. This book tells the engaging story of Europa, the oceanic moon. It features a large number of stunning images of the ocean moon's surface, clearly displaying the spectacular crack patterns, extensive rifts and ridges, and refrozen pools of exposed water filled with rafts of displaced ice. Coverage also features firsthand accounts of Galileo's mission to Jupiter and its moons. The book tells the rough and tumble inside story of a very human enterprise in science that lead to the discovery of a fantastic new ... Read more

Product Details

Publisher
Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
Number of pages
296
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
Weight
582 g
Number of Pages
277
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780387479361
SKU
V9780387479361
Shipping Time
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99-15

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From the reviews: "Unmasking Europa … brings you face to face with the surface scars of this tiny Jovian moon and tells the story of how our scientific understanding of this enigmatic world has developed. … Through clear descriptions of unfamiliar terms, usefully annotated diagrams, and beautiful colour plates, the story of Europa is made accessible to ... Read more

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