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With her bestsellers Longitude and Galileo's Daughter , Dava Sobel introduced readers to her rare gift for weaving complex scientific concepts into a compelling narrative. Now Sobel brings her full talents to bear on what is perhaps her most ambitious topic to date-the planets of our solar... read more
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My planet fetish began, as best I can recall, in third grade, at age eight - right around the time I learned that Earth had siblings in space, just as I had older brothers in high school and college.
Table of Contents edit
Model Worlds (Overview)
Genesis (The Sun)
Mythology (Mercury)
Beauty (Venus)
Geography (Earth)
Lunacy (The Moon)
Sci-Fi (Mars)
Astrology (Jupiter)
Music of the Spheres (Saturn)
Night Air (Uranus and Neptune)
UFO (Pluto)
Planeteers (Coda)
Acknowledgments
Glossary
A Note About Illustrations
Details
Bibliography
Index
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Authors & Contributors edit
- Dava Sobel (Author)
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: Fourth Estate
Country: Great Britain
Publication Date: 2005
ISBN: 1841156213
Page Count: 270
Publisher: Fourth Estate
Country: Great Britain
Publication Date: 2005
ISBN: 1841156213
Page Count: 270
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- Library of Congress: QB601 .S63 2005
- Dewey: 523.2
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