Solar System by Nigel Hey
Our immediate neighbourhood in space is stranger than we think. On Jupiter winds reach speeds of over 6,000 mph. Venus has been viewed as a 'planet-wide catastrophe ...a thoroughly nasty place'. Ice volcanoes on Neptune. Saturn, in addition to its rings, has 30 moons - 12 of them discovered only last year. In addition to these peculiarities it now appears that the Solar System may also harbour life on Mars and the moons of Jupiter and Saturn. As our exploration of the Solar System gathers momentum this book explores what we have discovered already, what we might discover next, and explains the technologies, from telescopes to robot probes, which gather this information.
Nigel visited the UK for the publication of his book and gave lectures at the UK's National Space Centre in Leicester, and Borders - Oxford St, London along with a signing at the Science Museum, LondonNigel has appeared on BBC Essex, BBC Wiltshire Sound and BBC Midlands. The book was October's prize give-away on firstscience.com. A review has been secured in New Scientist and Astronomy Magazine. 'A beautifully printed and presented history of the explorati
Nigel Hey is a former Senior Administrator at Sandia National Laboratories, largest scientific research institutions in the US. He sold his first short story to the BBC at the age of 11, and now writes primarily about science and science policy for the national and international media. A contributing author for THE SCIENCE BOOK, he is also the author of 3 previously published books and the editor of several reference works. He is a member of the American Association for the Advancement of Science and the Association of British Science Writers. Among numerous other jobs, he served as an information officer during the launch of the Project Galileo spacecraft.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780304359943 |
| ISBN 10 | 0304359947 |
| Title | Solar System |
| Author | Nigel Hey |
| Series | Mapping Science S |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Orion Publishing Co |
| Year published | 2002-10-10 |
| Number of pages | 272 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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