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A History of Modern Planetary Physics: Fruitful Encounters - A History of Modern Planetary Physics 3 Volume Hardback set
Brush, Stephen G. (University of Maryland, College Park)
A History of Modern Planetary Physics: Fruitful Encounters - A History of Modern Planetary Physics 3 Volume Hardback set
Brush, Stephen G. (University of Maryland, College Park)
Fruitful Encounters surveys the development of twentieth-century theories on the solar system's beginnings. By placing great emphasis on the findings of the Apollo space programme, Professor Brush also discusses ideas about the origin of the Moon, culminating in the establishment of the 'giant impact' theory.
368 pages, 41 b/w illus.
Media | Books Hardcover Book (Book with hard spine and cover) |
Released | April 26, 1996 |
ISBN13 | 9780521552141 |
Publishers | Cambridge University Press |
Pages | 368 |
Dimensions | 162 × 240 × 27 mm · 699 g |
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