Название: Introduction to Planetary Science: The Geological Perspective
Автор: Gunter Faure, Teresa M. Mensing
Издательство: Springer
ISBN: 1402052332
Год: 2007
Формат: PDF
Страниц: 526
Для сайта: vtome.ru
Размер: 16,9 МБ
Язык: Английский

This textbook details basic principles of planetary science that help to unify the study of the solar system. It is organized in a hierarchical manner so that every chapter builds upon preceding ones.
Starting with historical perspectives on space exploration and the development of the scientific method, the book leads the reader through the solar system. Coverage explains that the origin and subsequent evolution of planets and their satellites can be explained by applications of certain basic principles of physics, chemistry, and celestial mechanics and that surface features of the solid bodies can be interpreted by principles of geology.