Solar system: the Sun & planets books

Quantum Plasmas, pair plasmas and pair-ion plasmas exist under extreme conditions in planetary interiors and exotic...  Read More >>

Based on a university course, this book provides an exposition of a large spectrum of geological, geochemical and...  Read More >>

Offers a comprehensive view of meteoroid research including the dynamics, sources and distribution of these bodies....  Read More >>

The everyday miracle of photosynthesis is the topic of this accessible book by an award-winning science journalist,...  Read More >>

Since the 1950s, Mars has been the obsession of a select group of space scientists who have used their time and...  Read More >>

yet at the same time the ultraviolet (UV) part of the solar spectrum may damage DNA and human tissue, solar flares...  Read More >>

The revised third edition of this eminently practical, hands-on book discusses the range of launch vehicles in use...  Read More >>

This fascinating volume is unique in that it gives a completely up-to-date summary of our current knowledge of the...  Read More >>

Questions about the origin and nature of Earth and the life on it have long preoccupied human thought and the scientific...  Read More >>

Built on our legacy of Mars exploration from the Viking era and before, a far-reaching, phased, program of robotic...  Read More >>

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A comprehensive, highly readable account of complex, technical, political and human endeavor and a worthy successor...  Read More >>

Because of its resemblance to our own planet, Titan is often described as a ""frozen primitive Earth"" and is therefore...  Read More >>

A total eclipse of the Sun is the most awesome sight in the heavens. Totality: Eclipses of the Sun takes you to...  Read More >>

Since very early times Sirius was a point of attraction in the night sky. Astronomically, Sirius is a very bright...  Read More >>

This book is a complete guide to Saturn and our current understanding of it. Saturn takes a path from the early...  Read More >>

Although the development of ideas about the motion and trajectory of comets has been investigated piecemeal, we...  Read More >>

Asteroids, particularly those that might present a hazard to life on Earth by impacting our planet, are important....  Read More >>

This rigorously refereed volume is a compilation of articles that summarize the most recent results in meteor, meteoroid...  Read More >>

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In the early 1980s, when the two Voyager spacecraft skimmed past Titan, Saturn's largest moon, they transmitted...  Read More >>

This book reviews the progress made in Mercury studies since the flybys by Mariner 10 in 1974-75, based on the continued...  Read More >>

David Harland opens with a review of the robotic probes, namely the Rangers which returned television before crashing...  Read More >>

Auflage enthält Ergänzungen zu den Themen Schwerewellen, Klimamodellierung, Grenzschicht und Schadstoffausbreitung.Die...  Read More >>

Venus and Mercury have always been regarded as difficult targets for amateurs, but advances in commercially-made...  Read More >>