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The best science fiction books that describe the future of space exploration and planet colonization score a book s total score is based on multiple factors, including the number of people who have voted for it and how highly those voters ranked the book. Planetary science or, more rarely, planetology, is the scientific study of planets, moons, and planetary systems and the processes that form them. Most of these books assume a fundamental background in the sciences. Nasa planetary science science mission directorate. Apollo expeditions to the moon nasa sp350, 1975 where no man has gone before. The book is written in two parts, making it suitable for students at different levels and approaching planetary science from differing backgrounds. A new book explores the evidence that icecovered moons host hidden oceans of liquid water. This page is for displaying the resources of a particular module derived from the module folio, filtering it and organizing it based on user role and entitlement. The authors provide an overview of our current knowledge and discuss some of the unanswered questions at the forefront of research in planetary science and astrobiology today.
A quantitative introduction to the solar system and planetary systems science for advanced undergraduate students, this engaging new textbook explains the wide variety of physical, chemical and geological processes that govern the motions and properties of. We undertake this enterprise in order to better understand the history of our solar system and the distribution of life within it. A statistical reference nasa sp20004029, 2000 apollo. Three textbooks for introductory classes in planetary sciences. The institute is part of the universities space research association usra and is supported by the science mission directorate of the national aeronautics and space administration nasa. Superstrings, hidden dimensions, and the quest for the ultimate theory by brian green. Planetary science ceased to be published with springeropen. The book starts out with the tradi tional overviews and the cosmic perspective. Welcome to the earth and planetary science catalogue elsevier is a leading publisher of earth and planetary science content, publishing highly respected journals in the field, including prestigious society titles. Fundamental planetary science, physics, chemistry and habitability by jack j. Observations of the planets, moons, asteroids, comets and planetary rings in our. It includes reference volumes and postgraduatelevel books on the terrestrial and gas giant planets and their satellites.
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