Wonders of the Solar System

Taking readers on a breathtaking visual and scientific adventure, renowned physicist Brian Cox reveals the Solar System as you have never seen it before: from Saturn''s moons, where giant ice fountains spout into space and oceans are made of liquid methane, to Jupiter, where storms rage that are twice the size of Earth and giant super-volcanoes dominate its tortured moon of Io. Professor Cox takes you on a journey of discovery where alien worlds become places you can see and explore. He introduces you to the planets and moons beyond our world, finding the biggest and most bizarre and powerful natural phenomena. He visits some of the most spectacular and extreme locations here on Earth to unveil what our planet can reveal about the wonders of the Solar System. Employing his trademark authoritative yet down-to-earth approach, Brian explores how these previously unseen phenomena have dramatically expanded our horizons with new discoveries about the planets, their moons, and how they came to be the way they are. Includes 500 diagrams and full-color photographs

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Brian Cox, Andrew Cohen, Brian/ Cohen Cox
• Editore: Harper Collins Usa
• Contenuto: Libro
• Forma del prodotto: Copertina rigida
• Data pubblicazione: 20.08.2013
• Categoria: Scienze naturali, medicina, informatica, tecnica > Fisica, astronomia > Astronomia
• EAN: 9780062293459
• ISBN: 978-0-06-229345-9
• Numero di pagine: 288
• Serie: Wonders Series; Wonders Series; Wonders
• Categorie: Astrophysics, History of Science, Biology, life sciences, Space Science, Ecological science, the Biosphere, Cosmology and the universe, Earth Sciences, Environmental science, engineering and technology, Astronomy, space and time, HISTORY: WORLD, SCIENCE: Space Science / Astronomy, SCIENCE: Space Science / Cosmology, SCIENCE: History, SCIENCE: Natural History, SCIENCE: Physics / Astrophysics, SCIENCE: Space Science / General, NATURE: Sky Observation