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A History of Modern Planetary Physics: Volume 3, The Origin of the Solar System and of the Moon from Chamberlain to Apollo: Fruitful Encounters Brush, Stephen G. (University of Maryland, College Park)
A History of Modern Planetary Physics: Volume 3, The Origin of the Solar System and of the Moon from Chamberlain to Apollo: Fruitful Encounters
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 Paperback Book (Book with soft cover and glued back) |
| Released | December 18, 2008 |
| ISBN13 | 9780521101448 |
| Publishers | Cambridge University Press |
| Pages | 368 |
| Dimensions | 156 × 234 × 19 mm · 520 g |
| Language | English |