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Encyclopedia of the solar system / / editors, Lucy-Ann McFadden, Paul R. Weissman and Torrence V. Johnson
| Encyclopedia of the solar system / / editors, Lucy-Ann McFadden, Paul R. Weissman and Torrence V. Johnson |
| Edizione | [2nd ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Amsterdam ; ; Boston, : Academic, 2007 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xx, 966 pages) : illustrations, maps |
| Disciplina | 523.203 |
| Collana | Gale eBooks |
| Soggetto topico | Astronomy |
| ISBN |
1-281-00355-7
9786611003555 0-08-047498-5 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Front Cover; Encyclopedia of the Solar System; Copyright Page; Contents; Contributors; About the Editors; Foreword; Preface to the Second Edition; Preface to the First Edition; Chapter 1. The Solar System and its Place in the Galaxy; Chapter 2. The Origin of the Solar System; Chapter 3. A History of Solar System Studies; Chapter 4. The Sun; Chapter 5. The Solar Wind; Chapter 6. Mercury; Chapter 7. Venus: Atmosphere; Chapter 8. Venus: Surface and Interior; Chapter 9. Earth as a Planet: Atmosphere and Oceans; Chapter 10. Earth as a Planet: Surface and Interior
Chapter 11. The Sun...Earth ConnectionChapter 12. The Moon; Chapter 13. Meteorites; Chapter 14. Near-Earth Objects; Chapter 15. Mars Atmosphere: History and Surface Interactions; Chapter 16. Mars: Surface and Interior; Chapter 17. Mars: Landing Site Geology, Mineralogy, and Geochemistry; Chapter 18. Main-Belt Asteroids; Chapter 19. Planetary Satellites; Chapter 20. Atmospheres of the Giant Planets; Chapter 21. Interiors of the Giant Planets; Chapter 22. Io: The Volcanic Moon; Chapter 23. Europa; Chapter 24. Ganymede and Callisto; Chapter 25. Titan; Chapter 26. Triton Chapter 27. Planetary RingsChapter 28. Planetary Magnetospheres; Chapter 29. Pluto; Chapter 30. Physics and Chemistry of Comets; Chapter 31. Comet Populations and Cometary Dynamics; Chapter 32. Kuiper Belt: Dynamics; Chapter 33. Kuiper Belt Objects: Physical Studies; Chapter 34. Solar System Dust; Chapter 35. X-Rays in the Solar System; Chapter 36. The Solar System at Ultraviolet Wavelengths; Chapter 37. Infrared Views of the Solar System from Space; Chapter 38. The Solar System at Radio Wavelengths; Chapter 39. New Generation Ground-Based Optical/ Infrared Telescopes Chapter 40. Planetary RadarChapter 41. Remote Chemical Sensing Using Nuclear Spectroscopy; Chapter 42. Solar System Dynamics: Regular and Chaotic Motion; Chapter 43. Planetary Impacts; Chapter 44. Planetary Volcanism; Chapter 45. Astrobiology; Chapter 46. Planetary Exploration Missions; Chapter 47. Extrasolar Planets; Appendix; Glossary; Index |
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| Amsterdam ; ; Boston, : Academic, 2007 | ||
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Encyclopedia of the solar system / / editors, Lucy-Ann McFadden, Paul R. Weissman and Torrence V. Johnson
| Encyclopedia of the solar system / / editors, Lucy-Ann McFadden, Paul R. Weissman and Torrence V. Johnson |
| Edizione | [2nd ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Amsterdam ; ; Boston, : Academic, 2007 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xx, 966 pages) : illustrations, maps |
| Disciplina | 523.203 |
| Collana | Gale eBooks |
| Soggetto topico | Astronomy |
| ISBN |
1-281-00355-7
9786611003555 0-08-047498-5 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Front Cover; Encyclopedia of the Solar System; Copyright Page; Contents; Contributors; About the Editors; Foreword; Preface to the Second Edition; Preface to the First Edition; Chapter 1. The Solar System and its Place in the Galaxy; Chapter 2. The Origin of the Solar System; Chapter 3. A History of Solar System Studies; Chapter 4. The Sun; Chapter 5. The Solar Wind; Chapter 6. Mercury; Chapter 7. Venus: Atmosphere; Chapter 8. Venus: Surface and Interior; Chapter 9. Earth as a Planet: Atmosphere and Oceans; Chapter 10. Earth as a Planet: Surface and Interior
Chapter 11. The Sun...Earth ConnectionChapter 12. The Moon; Chapter 13. Meteorites; Chapter 14. Near-Earth Objects; Chapter 15. Mars Atmosphere: History and Surface Interactions; Chapter 16. Mars: Surface and Interior; Chapter 17. Mars: Landing Site Geology, Mineralogy, and Geochemistry; Chapter 18. Main-Belt Asteroids; Chapter 19. Planetary Satellites; Chapter 20. Atmospheres of the Giant Planets; Chapter 21. Interiors of the Giant Planets; Chapter 22. Io: The Volcanic Moon; Chapter 23. Europa; Chapter 24. Ganymede and Callisto; Chapter 25. Titan; Chapter 26. Triton Chapter 27. Planetary RingsChapter 28. Planetary Magnetospheres; Chapter 29. Pluto; Chapter 30. Physics and Chemistry of Comets; Chapter 31. Comet Populations and Cometary Dynamics; Chapter 32. Kuiper Belt: Dynamics; Chapter 33. Kuiper Belt Objects: Physical Studies; Chapter 34. Solar System Dust; Chapter 35. X-Rays in the Solar System; Chapter 36. The Solar System at Ultraviolet Wavelengths; Chapter 37. Infrared Views of the Solar System from Space; Chapter 38. The Solar System at Radio Wavelengths; Chapter 39. New Generation Ground-Based Optical/ Infrared Telescopes Chapter 40. Planetary RadarChapter 41. Remote Chemical Sensing Using Nuclear Spectroscopy; Chapter 42. Solar System Dynamics: Regular and Chaotic Motion; Chapter 43. Planetary Impacts; Chapter 44. Planetary Volcanism; Chapter 45. Astrobiology; Chapter 46. Planetary Exploration Missions; Chapter 47. Extrasolar Planets; Appendix; Glossary; Index |
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| Amsterdam ; ; Boston, : Academic, 2007 | ||
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Formation of the Solar System : A New Theory of the Creation and Decay of the Celestial Bodies / / by V.I. Ferronsky, S.V. Ferronsky
| Formation of the Solar System : A New Theory of the Creation and Decay of the Celestial Bodies / / by V.I. Ferronsky, S.V. Ferronsky |
| Autore | Ferronsky V.I |
| Edizione | [1st ed. 2013.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Dordrecht : , : Springer Netherlands : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2013 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (313 p.) |
| Disciplina | 523.2 |
| Soggetto topico |
Astronomy
Astrophysics Geophysics Planetology Astronomy, Astrophysics and Cosmology Geophysics/Geodesy |
| ISBN |
1-299-40804-4
94-007-5908-8 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | The nature of creation and orbiting of the planets and satellites -- Physical meaning of hydrostatic equilibrium of celestial bodies -- Physical meaning of dynamical equilibrium of an interacting body -- Jacobi’s virial equation as a basis of the theory of dynamical equilibrium of natural systems -- Solution of Jacobi’s virial equation for conservative and dissipative systems -- Creation, separation and orbiting of the Solar System bodies -- Evolutionary processes as a consequence of dynamical effects -- The Nature of electromagnetic field of a celestial body and mechanism for its generation -- Decay and creation of a hierarchic body system at expansion and attraction of the force field. |
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| Dordrecht : , : Springer Netherlands : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2013 | ||
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The formation of the solar system [[electronic resource] ] : theories old and new / / Michael Woolfson
| The formation of the solar system [[electronic resource] ] : theories old and new / / Michael Woolfson |
| Autore | Woolfson M. M |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | London, : Imperial College Press |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (250 p.) |
| Disciplina | 523.2 |
| Soggetto topico | Stars |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
1-281-86763-2
9786611867638 1-86094-841-3 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | ch. 1. Theories come and theories go -- ch. 2. Measuring atoms and the universe -- ch. 3. Greek offerings -- ch. 4. The shoulders of giants -- ch. 5. A voyage of discovery to the solar system -- ch. 6. The problem to be solved -- ch. 7. The French connection -- ch. 8. American Catherine-Wheels -- ch. 9. British big tides -- ch. 10. Russian could capture-with British help -- ch. 11. German vortices-with a little French help -- ch. 12. McCrea's floccules -- ch. 13. What earlier theories indicate -- ch. 14. Disks around new stars -- ch. 15. Planets around other stars -- ch. 16. Disks around older stars -- ch. 17. What a theory should explain now -- ch. 18. The new Solar Nebula theory: the angular momentum problem -- ch. 19. Making planets top-down -- ch. 20. A bottom-up alternative -- ch. 21. Making planets faster -- ch. 22. Wandering planets -- ch. 23. Back to top-down -- ch. 24. This is the stuff that stars are made of -- ch. 25. Making dense cool clouds -- ch. 26. A star is born -- ch. 27. Close to the maddening crowd -- ch. 28. Close encounters of the stellar kind -- ch. 29. Ever decreasing circles -- ch. 30. How many planetary systems? -- ch. 31. Starting a family -- ch. 32. Tilting-but not as windmills -- ch. 33. The terrestrial planets raise problems! -- ch. 34. A British Bang theory: the earth and Venus -- ch. 35. Behold the wandering moon -- ch. 36. Fleet Mercury and warlike Mars -- ch. 37. Gods of the sea and the nether regions -- ch. 38. Bits and pieces -- ch. 39. Comets-the harbingers of doom! -- ch. 40. Making atoms with a biggish bang -- ch. 41. Is the capture theory valid? |
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| London, : Imperial College Press | ||
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The formation of the solar system [[electronic resource] ] : theories old and new / / Michael Woolfson
| The formation of the solar system [[electronic resource] ] : theories old and new / / Michael Woolfson |
| Autore | Woolfson M. M |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | London, : Imperial College Press |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (250 p.) |
| Disciplina | 523.2 |
| Soggetto topico | Stars |
| ISBN |
1-281-86763-2
9786611867638 1-86094-841-3 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | ch. 1. Theories come and theories go -- ch. 2. Measuring atoms and the universe -- ch. 3. Greek offerings -- ch. 4. The shoulders of giants -- ch. 5. A voyage of discovery to the solar system -- ch. 6. The problem to be solved -- ch. 7. The French connection -- ch. 8. American Catherine-Wheels -- ch. 9. British big tides -- ch. 10. Russian could capture-with British help -- ch. 11. German vortices-with a little French help -- ch. 12. McCrea's floccules -- ch. 13. What earlier theories indicate -- ch. 14. Disks around new stars -- ch. 15. Planets around other stars -- ch. 16. Disks around older stars -- ch. 17. What a theory should explain now -- ch. 18. The new Solar Nebula theory: the angular momentum problem -- ch. 19. Making planets top-down -- ch. 20. A bottom-up alternative -- ch. 21. Making planets faster -- ch. 22. Wandering planets -- ch. 23. Back to top-down -- ch. 24. This is the stuff that stars are made of -- ch. 25. Making dense cool clouds -- ch. 26. A star is born -- ch. 27. Close to the maddening crowd -- ch. 28. Close encounters of the stellar kind -- ch. 29. Ever decreasing circles -- ch. 30. How many planetary systems? -- ch. 31. Starting a family -- ch. 32. Tilting-but not as windmills -- ch. 33. The terrestrial planets raise problems! -- ch. 34. A British Bang theory: the earth and Venus -- ch. 35. Behold the wandering moon -- ch. 36. Fleet Mercury and warlike Mars -- ch. 37. Gods of the sea and the nether regions -- ch. 38. Bits and pieces -- ch. 39. Comets-the harbingers of doom! -- ch. 40. Making atoms with a biggish bang -- ch. 41. Is the capture theory valid? |
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Woolfson M. M
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| London, : Imperial College Press | ||
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The formation of the solar system : theories old and new / / Michael Woolfson
| The formation of the solar system : theories old and new / / Michael Woolfson |
| Autore | Woolfson M. M |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | London, : Imperial College Press |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (250 p.) |
| Disciplina | 523.2 |
| Soggetto topico | Stars |
| ISBN |
1-281-86763-2
9786611867638 1-86094-841-3 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | ch. 1. Theories come and theories go -- ch. 2. Measuring atoms and the universe -- ch. 3. Greek offerings -- ch. 4. The shoulders of giants -- ch. 5. A voyage of discovery to the solar system -- ch. 6. The problem to be solved -- ch. 7. The French connection -- ch. 8. American Catherine-Wheels -- ch. 9. British big tides -- ch. 10. Russian could capture-with British help -- ch. 11. German vortices-with a little French help -- ch. 12. McCrea's floccules -- ch. 13. What earlier theories indicate -- ch. 14. Disks around new stars -- ch. 15. Planets around other stars -- ch. 16. Disks around older stars -- ch. 17. What a theory should explain now -- ch. 18. The new Solar Nebula theory: the angular momentum problem -- ch. 19. Making planets top-down -- ch. 20. A bottom-up alternative -- ch. 21. Making planets faster -- ch. 22. Wandering planets -- ch. 23. Back to top-down -- ch. 24. This is the stuff that stars are made of -- ch. 25. Making dense cool clouds -- ch. 26. A star is born -- ch. 27. Close to the maddening crowd -- ch. 28. Close encounters of the stellar kind -- ch. 29. Ever decreasing circles -- ch. 30. How many planetary systems? -- ch. 31. Starting a family -- ch. 32. Tilting-but not as windmills -- ch. 33. The terrestrial planets raise problems! -- ch. 34. A British Bang theory: the earth and Venus -- ch. 35. Behold the wandering moon -- ch. 36. Fleet Mercury and warlike Mars -- ch. 37. Gods of the sea and the nether regions -- ch. 38. Bits and pieces -- ch. 39. Comets-the harbingers of doom! -- ch. 40. Making atoms with a biggish bang -- ch. 41. Is the capture theory valid? |
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| London, : Imperial College Press | ||
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Origins : the scientific story of creation / / Jim Baggott
| Origins : the scientific story of creation / / Jim Baggott |
| Autore | Baggott J. E. |
| Edizione | [First edition.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Oxford, England : , : Oxford University Press, , 2018 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (432 p.) |
| Disciplina | 523.1 |
| Soggetto topico |
Beginning
Cosmography Life - Origin Cosmology Astronomy - Philosophy |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
0-19-256196-0
0-19-101734-5 0-19-101733-7 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910460921403321 |
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Baggott J. E.
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| Oxford, England : , : Oxford University Press, , 2018 | ||
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Origins : the scientific story of creation / / Jim Baggott
| Origins : the scientific story of creation / / Jim Baggott |
| Autore | Baggott J. E. |
| Edizione | [First edition.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Oxford, England : , : Oxford University Press, , 2018 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (432 p.) |
| Disciplina | 523.1 |
| Soggetto topico |
Beginning
Cosmography Life - Origin Cosmology Astronomy - Philosophy |
| ISBN |
0-19-256197-9
0-19-256196-0 0-19-101734-5 0-19-101733-7 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | In the "beginning": the origin of space, time, and energy -- Breaking the symmetry: the origin of mass -- The last scattering surface: the origin of light -- Setting the firmament alight: the origin of stars and galaxies -- Synthesis: the origin of chemical complexity -- Sol: the origin of the sun and its planets -- Terra firma: the origin of a habitable Earth -- The cosmic imperative: the origin of life -- Symbiosis: the origins of complex cells and multicellular organisms -- A song of ice and fire: the origin of species -- The human stain: the origin of humanity -- Cogito ergo sum: the origin of human consciousness. |
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Baggott J. E.
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| Oxford, England : , : Oxford University Press, , 2018 | ||
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Origins : the scientific story of creation / / Jim Baggott
| Origins : the scientific story of creation / / Jim Baggott |
| Autore | Baggott J. E. |
| Edizione | [First edition.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Oxford, England : , : Oxford University Press, , 2018 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (432 p.) |
| Disciplina | 523.1 |
| Soggetto topico |
Beginning
Cosmography Life - Origin Cosmology Astronomy - Philosophy |
| ISBN |
0-19-256197-9
0-19-256196-0 0-19-101734-5 0-19-101733-7 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | In the "beginning": the origin of space, time, and energy -- Breaking the symmetry: the origin of mass -- The last scattering surface: the origin of light -- Setting the firmament alight: the origin of stars and galaxies -- Synthesis: the origin of chemical complexity -- Sol: the origin of the sun and its planets -- Terra firma: the origin of a habitable Earth -- The cosmic imperative: the origin of life -- Symbiosis: the origins of complex cells and multicellular organisms -- A song of ice and fire: the origin of species -- The human stain: the origin of humanity -- Cogito ergo sum: the origin of human consciousness. |
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Baggott J. E.
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| Oxford, England : , : Oxford University Press, , 2018 | ||
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Our place in the universe [[electronic resource] /] / Norman K. Glendenning
| Our place in the universe [[electronic resource] /] / Norman K. Glendenning |
| Autore | Glendenning Norman K |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | London, : Imperial College Press |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (240 p.) |
| Disciplina | 523.1 |
| Soggetto topico |
Cosmology
Galaxies - Formation Galaxies - Evolution Astrophysics |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
1-281-12116-9
9786611121167 981-270-830-8 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Preface; Acknowledgments; Contents; List of Figures; Chapter 1. A Day without Yesterday; Chapter 2. Formation of Galaxies; Chapter 3. Birth and Life of Stars; Chapter 4. Supernovae: Death and Trans guration of Stars; Chapter 5. Nebulae; Chapter 6. Spacetime, Relativity, and Superdense Matter; Chapter 7. Origins; Chapter 8. First Modern Astronomer; Chapter 9. Life on Earth; Chapter 10. Other Planets and Their Moons; Chapter 11. New Worlds; Bibliography; Index |
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Glendenning Norman K
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