Pluto and Charon: Ice Worlds on the Ragged Edge of the Solar System

Lingua: inglese

Editore: Wiley-VCH, 1999

0471353841 / 9780471353843

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232 pages. page edge lightly foxedRave reviews for Pluto and Charon: Ice Worlds on the Ragged Edge of the Solar SystemThe story of the quest to understand Pluto and the resulting transfor mation of our concept of the diminutive planet from that of solar-system misfit to king of the Kuiper Belt is told in this book by Alan Stern and Jacqueline Mit ton. Stern, a Plutophile to the core, is one of the most energetic, talented, an d savvy planetary astronomers in the business today. Mitton, trained as an astro nomer, is an experienced writer and editor of scientific books for nonscientists . Together they have created an immensely informative book . . . Written in an e ngaging and informal style, Pluto and Charon takes the reader step by step from the discovery of the ninth planet in 1930 to the current understanding of Pluto and its moon, Charon.-Sky & TelescopeMore than a book summarizing what w e know about [the] planet, [Pluto and Charon is] about how far and how fast astr onomical technology has come since 1965 . . . Stern and Mitton use the narrative of Pluto research to explain in comfortable, everyday language how such work is done . . . One of the nice touches in the book is that Stern and Mitton tell us something about each astronomer.-AstronomyPluto and Charon presents the exp loration of the ninth planet-written as a vivid historical account-for anyone wi th an interest in science and astronomy . . . the authors describe in simple lan guage the methods researchers use to explore the universe and the way ever-impro ving instrumentation helps their knowledge advance.-Physics Today.…

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Titolo
Pluto and Charon: Ice Worlds on the Ragged Edge of the Solar System
Autore
Alan Stern,Jacqueline Mitton
Editore
Wiley-VCH
Anno di pubblicazione
1999
Condizione
Very Good
Rilegatura
Paperback
Lingua
inglese
ISBN 10
0471353841
ISBN 13
9780471353843
Dimensioni
16.1cm x 1.6cm x 23.7cm
Cataloghi dei venditori
Science

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