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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: David M. HarlandPublisher: Springer London Ltd Imprint: Springer London Ltd Edition: 2002 ed. Dimensions: Width: 15.50cm , Height: 1.60cm , Length: 23.50cm Weight: 0.640kg ISBN: 9781852336561ISBN 10: 1852336560 Pages: 290 Publication Date: 20 September 2002 Audience: College/higher education , Undergraduate Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Out of stock  The supplier is temporarily out of stock of this item. It will be ordered for you on backorder and shipped when it becomes available. Table of ContentsList of Figures.- List of Tables.- Author's Preface.- Acknowledgements.- Saturn from Afar.- First Close Look.- Saturn Revealed.- The Titans.- Cassini-Huygens.- Collected footnotes.- Table of Saturn's Satellites.- Further Reading.- Index.ReviewsDavid Harland takes a long, serious look at Saturn from the first telescopic observations, the theorising about the rings, the early spectroscopy, the vistas and the science revealed by the spacecraft flybys of 1979, 1980 and 1981. Then he tackles the planning, building and journey of the Cassini orbiter, the most highly instrumented spacecraft ever dispatched on a deep space mission, and the Huygens Titan probe. Mission to Saturn is superbly illustrated, well referenced and an eminently readable book. - New Scientist <p> We learned more about Saturn in one week than in the entire span of human history. <br>a Bradford Smith, Voyager Imaging Team Leader David Harland takes a long, serious look at Saturn from the first telescopic observations, the theorising about the rings, the early spectroscopy, the vistas and the science revealed by the spacecraft flybys of 1979, 1980 and 1981. Then he tackles the planning, building and journey of the Cassini orbiter, the most highly instrumented spacecraft ever dispatched on a deep space mission, and the Huygens Titan probe. Mission to Saturn is superbly illustrated, well referenced and an eminently readable book. - New Scientist We learned more about Saturn in one week than in the entire span of human history. --Bradford Smith, Voyager Imaging Team Leader Author InformationTab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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