Planetary Systems
a very short introduction
$27.93
- Paperback
160 pages
- Release Date
2 March 2022
Summary
Worlds Beyond Our Own: Exploring Planetary Systems
Not long ago, the Solar System was the only known example of a planetary system. Now, we know thousands, and have even observed planetary systems at their moment of birth. This Very Short Introduction explores this new frontier, incorporating the latest research.
The book takes the reader on a journey through the grand sweep of time, from the moment galaxies begin to form after the Big Bang to trillions of years in the futur…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780198841128 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0198841124 |
| Series: | Very Short Introductions |
| Author: | Raymond T. Pierrehumbert |
| Publisher: | Oxford University Press |
| Imprint: | Oxford University Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 160 |
| Release Date: | 2 March 2022 |
| Weight: | 130g |
| Dimensions: | 175mm x 114mm x 8mm |
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Named by the Lunar and Planetary Institute as a ‘New and Noteworthy’ book.
Named by the Lunar and Planetary Institute as a ‘New and Noteworthy’ book. * Lunar and Planetary Institute *
About The Author
Raymond T. Pierrehumbert
Raymond T. Pierrehumbert is the Halley Professor of Physics at the University of Oxford, having previously served on the faculties of the University of Chicago, Princeton, and MIT. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of London, and was a lead author on the Third Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. His work on the fundamental physics governing planetary climate over more than three decades has dealt with Earth’s climate over deeptime, anthropogenic global change over the next millennium, climate of Solar System bodies, and the climates of the newly discovered exoplanets. He is the author of Principles of Planetary Climate (2010).
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