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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Michael Mark Woolfson (University Of York, Uk)Publisher: Imperial College Press Imprint: Imperial College Press Dimensions: Width: 15.50cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 22.90cm Weight: 0.885kg ISBN: 9781848165984ISBN 10: 1848165986 Pages: 500 Publication Date: 23 September 2010 Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Tertiary & Higher Education , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsObservations of Stars; Producing Protostars - Stars in Embryo; The Life and Death of a Star; Evolution of a Galactic Cluster; Exoplanets - Planets Around Other Stars; The Formation of Planets; Orbital Evolution; The Frequency of Planetary Systems; Satellite Formation; Features of the Solar System; Planetary Interactions; Mars and Mercury; The Moon; Asteroids, Comets and the Kuiper Belt; Neptune and Pluto; Meteorites and Isotopic Anomalies.ReviewsThis book describes the history and the problem of planetary formation question in more complete and attractive detail. In an unusual but excellent feature, the basic physics needed at each stage is broken out into a long series of appendices, 39 in all. -- Contemporary Physics Contemporary Physics The first quarter of the presentation is a masterful summary of the history of the speculation about the origin of the sun and planets, a description of the properties of stars and star clusters, and an introduction to the exciting and developing field of exoplanets, objects that orbit distant stars. -- CHOICE CHOICE The first quarter of the presentation is a masterful summary of the history of the speculation about the origin of the sun and planets, a description of the properties of stars and star clusters, and an introduction to the exciting and developing field of exoplanets, objects that orbit distant stars. -- CHOICE CHOICE This book describes the history and the problem of planetary formation question in more complete and attractive detail. In an unusual but excellent feature, the basic physics needed at each stage is broken out into a long series of appendices, 39 in all. -- Contemporary Physics ""Contemporary Physics"" The first quarter of the presentation is a masterful summary of the history of the speculation about the origin of the sun and planets, a description of the properties of stars and star clusters, and an introduction to the exciting and developing field of exoplanets, objects that orbit distant stars. -- CHOICE ""CHOICE"" Author InformationTab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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