Status
Available
Call number
Publication
Cambridge University Press (1982), Edition: 2, 248 pages
Description
The New Solar System, now in its fourth edition, is firmly established as the leading text on planetary science and solar system studies. A distinguished team of researchers, many of the Principal Investigators on NASA missions, has carried out a complete revision of the text, illustrations and tables. The book has been completely redesigned to display hundreds of new images to best advantage and to make the reference data and tables easier to use. New to this edition are descriptions of collisions in the solar system, full scientific results from Galileo's mission to Jupiter and its moons, and the Mars Pathfinder mission. Sections on comets, the search for other worlds, and the search for life take into account the latest discoveries.
User reviews
LibraryThing member petefenelon
This book keeps on getting better and better - every couple of years it turns up again with even more new discoveries. An old and trusted friend.
LibraryThing member Michael_Rose
I think I picked this up from the NASA gift shop in Houston back in the early 90s. Such books are quickly dated, but I loved it then, and it’s still useful now.
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Language
Original language
English
Original publication date
1981
Physical description
248 p.; 11 inches
ISBN
0521271142 / 9780521271141
Other editions
The New Solar System by J. Kelly Beatty (Hardcover)
The New Solar System (Fourth Edition) by J. Kelly Beatty (Paperback)
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