The Birth of the Earth a Wanderlied Through Space, Time, and the Human Imagination / / David E. Fisher.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Columbia University Press eBook-Package Archive 1898-1999
• VerfasserIn: Fisher, David E.,
• Place / Publishing House: New York, NY : : Columbia University Press, , [1987]; ©1987
• Year of Publication: 1987
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (270 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Contents --; Acknowledgments --; Introduction --; 1. In the Beginning --; 2. The Spinning Earth --; 3. The Earth Stands Alone --; 4. Nevertheless, it Moves --; 5. The Authority of Law --; 6. The Origin of the Solar System --; 7. Creation, Antiquity, and Time --; 8. Stellar Encounters --; 9. The Solar System --; 10. The Sun --; 11. The Terrestrial Planets --; 12. The Major Planets --; 13. Moons, Asteroids, and Meteorites --; 14. Rogue Star --; 15. The Inefficient Universe --; 16. Stellar Condensation --; 17. Observing the Nebular Disk --; 18. Accreting Planetesimals and Dissipating Protoplanets --; 19. Inside the Earth --; 20. Accretion and Differentiation --; 21. Maidenhead Revisited --; 22. Xenology: The Age of the Elements --; 23. The Cuckoo’s Nest --; 24. Aggregation --; 25. Things Invisible to See --; 26. Go and Find a Fecund Star --; Index
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9780231879002; 9783110442489
• DOI: 10.7312/fish90490
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: David E. Fisher.

Describes scientific facts about our solar system as well as the history of how these theories were developed. It includes the creation of our solar system, how geologic time is estimated, natural laws, and condensation history.