The formation of the solar system : theories old and new /

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Author / Creator:Woolfson, Michael M. (Michael Mark), author.
Edition:2nd edition.
Imprint:Hackensack, NJ : Imperial College Press, 2014.
Description:1 online resource
Language:English
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Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11236813
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ISBN:9781783265237
178326523X
9781783265213
1783265213
9781783265220
1783265221
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Summary:This fully-updated second edition remains the only truly detailed exploration of the origins of our Solar System, written by an authority in the field. Unlike other authors, Michael Woolfson focuses on the formation of the solar system, engaging the reader in an intelligent yet accessible discussion of the development of ideas about how the Solar System formed from ancient times to the present. Within the last five decades new observations and new theoretical advances have transformed the way scientists think about the problem of finding a plausible theory. Spacecraft and landers have explored.
Other form:Print version: Woolfson, Michael M. (Michael Mark). Formation of the solar system. 2nd edition 9781783265213