| Description |
xiv, 268 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 25 cm |
| Note |
Includes index. |
| Contents |
Preface -- 1. Ages of dark and light : the sun -- 2. The piper at the gates of dawn : Mercury -- 3. The greenhouse in the sky : Venus -- 4. The wizards of earthsea : Earth and moon -- 5. The Martian chronicles : Mars -- 6. The outward urge : asteroids -- 7. The eye of the universe : Jupiter -- 8. Ringing infinity : Saturn -- 9. The harmonies of the ice giants : Uranus and Neptune -- 10. Termination shock : Pluto and the Kuiper Belt -- Acknowledgments -- Index. |
| Subject |
Solar system.
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Planetary science.
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Space probes.
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| ISBN |
9780465014033 hardcover alkaline paper |
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0465014038 hardcover alkaline paper |
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