From Dust to Life - The Origin and Evolution of Our Solar System

Drawing on the history of astronomy and the latest findings in astrophysics and the planetary sciences, John Chambers and Jacqueline Mitton offer the most up-to-date and authoritative treatment of the subject available. They examine how the evolving universe set the stage for the appearance of our Sun, and how the nebulous cloud of gas and dust that accompanied the young Sun eventually became the planets, comets, moons, and asteroids that exist today. They explore how each of the planets acquired its unique characteristics, why some are rocky and others gaseous, and why one planet in particular--our Earth--provided an almost perfect haven for the emergence of life.

Info autore

John Chambers & Jacqueline Mitton
With a new afterword by the authors

Riassunto

The birth and evolution of our solar system is a tantalizing mystery that may one day provide answers to the question of human origins. From Dust to Life tells the remarkable story of how the celestial objects that make up the solar system arose from common beginnings billions of years ago, and how scientists and philosophers have sought to unravel

Testo aggiuntivo

"From Dust to Lifefurnishes a comprehensive overview of current models for the formation of the solar system."---Cait MacPhee, Times Higher Education

Relazione

"A stellar read"--Nature

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: John Chambers, John Mitton Chambers, Jacqueline Mitton, Mitton Jacqueline
• Con la collaborazione di: John Chambers (Postfazione), Jacqueline Mitton (Postfazione), Mitton Jacqueline (Postfazione)
• Editore: Princeton University Press
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 31.05.2017
• EAN: 9780691175706
• ISBN: 978-0-691-17570-6
• Pagine: 320
• Categorie: Scienze naturali, medicina, informatica, tecnica > Fisica, astronomia > Astronomia; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Arte > Tematiche generali, enciclopedie; NATURE / General, popular science, Solar system: the Sun & planets, Solar system: the Sun and planets, The Earth: Natural History General, The Earth: natural history: general interest, SCIENCE / Space Science / Astronomy