Planetology - Tom Jones

Planetology

How Earth is Unlocking the Secrets of the Solar System

(Autor)

Buch | Hardcover
224 Seiten
2008
National Geographic Society (Verlag)
978-1-4262-0121-9 (ISBN)
31,15 inkl. MwSt
An astronaut and a geologist team up to investigate how the earth itself can help science unravel the mysteries of the heavens.
Anecdotal stories from space flights and exploratory missions make Planetologyan absorbing read as well as an informative resource. The book’s unique concept draws intriguing comparisons across multiple physical processes, and its dynamic design offers a fresh approach to the study of space.

Ellen Stofan is a planetary geologist who has conducted research on the geology of volcanic and tectonic features on Venus, Mars, Titan, and Earth. While an employee of NASA's Jet propulsion Laboratory (JPL) she was the Chief Scientiston NASA's New Millennium Program and the Deputy Project Scientist on the Magellan Mission to Venus. She is currently a Senior Research Scientist of Proxemy Research and an Honorary Professor of Earth Sciences at University College London. She lives with her husband and three children on a farm in Virginia. Tom Jones is a scientist, author, pilot, and former NASA astronaut. He flew on four space shuttle missions and led three space walks to install the centerpiece of the International Space Station. He is the author of Sky Walking- An Astronaut's Memoir (Harper Collins, 2006) and the Complete Idiots Guide to NASA (Alpha, 2002) as well as a contributing writer to Smithsonian Air and Space magazine. He lives in the Viginia suburbs of Washington, D.C.

Sprache englisch
Maße 261 x 260 mm
Themenwelt Sachbuch/Ratgeber Natur / Technik Weltraum / Astronomie
Naturwissenschaften Physik / Astronomie Astronomie / Astrophysik
ISBN-10 1-4262-0121-4 / 1426201214
ISBN-13 978-1-4262-0121-9 / 9781426201219
Zustand Neuware
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