Discovering the Solar System
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Carefully balancing breadth of coverage with depth, Discovering the Solar System, Second Edition:
- Offers a comprehensive introduction, assuming little prior knowledge
- Includes full coverage of each planet, as well as the moon, Europa and Titan. The Second Edition includes new material on exoplanetary systems, and a general update throughout.
- Presents latest results from the Mars Rover and Cassini-Huygens missions
- Includes a colour plate section
- Contains ‘stop and think’ questions embedded in the text to aid understanding, along with questions at the end of major sections. Answers are provided at the end of the book.
- Provides summaries at the end of each chapter, and a glossary at the end of the book
Praise for the First Edition:
"(...) essential reading for all undergraduate students (...) and for those at a more advanced level approaching the subject for the first time." THE SCIENCE BOOK BOARD BOOK REVIEW
“One of the best books on the solar system I have seen. The general accuracy and quality of the content is excellent.” JOURNAL OF THE BRITISH ASTRONOMICAL ASSOCIATION
Details
- Publisher
- Wiley
- Author
- Barrie W. Jones
- Format
- Paperback
- Published
- Jul 23, 2007
- ISBN-13
- 9780470018316
- Pages
- 480
- Carton quantity
- 11 copies
- Printing
- Printed on demand
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| Copies | Price per copy | You save |
|---|---|---|
| 25 – 49 | $88.27 | 4% off list |
| 50 – 99 | $87.35 | 5% off list |
| 100+ | $86.43 | 6% off list |
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