From Dust to Life : : The Origin and Evolution of Our Solar System / / Jacqueline Mitton, John Chambers.
The birth and evolution of our solar system is a tantalizing mystery that may one day provide answers to the question of human origins. From Dust to Life tells the remarkable story of how the celestial objects that make up the solar system arose from common beginnings billions of years ago, and how...
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Place / Publishing House: | Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2017] ©2013 |
Year of Publication: | 2017 |
Language: | English |
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Physical Description: | 1 online resource (320 p.) :; 41 halftones. 19 line illus. 7 tables. |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of Illustrations
- Tables
- Preface
- ONE. Cosmic Archaeology
- TWO. Discovering the Solar System
- THREE. An Evolving Solar System
- FOUR. The Question of Timing
- FIVE. Meteorites
- SIX. Cosmic Chemistry
- SEVEN. A Star Is Born
- EIGHT. Nursery for Planets
- NINE. Worlds of Rock and Metal
- TEN. the Making of the Moon
- ELEVEN. Earth, Cradle of Life
- TWELVE. Worlds of Gas and Ice
- THIRTEEN. What Happened to the Asteroid Belt?
- FOURTEEN. The Outermost Solar System
- FIFTEEN. Epilogue: Paradigms, Problems, and Predictions
- Afterword to the 2017 edition
- Glossary
- Sources and Further Reading
- Index