A History of Modern Planetary Physics: Nebulous Earth (A History of Modern Planetary Physics 3 Volume Hardback set Volume 1)
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Stephen G. Brush (Author)
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Where did we come from? Before there was life there had to be something to live on - a planet, a solar system. During the past 200 years, astronomers and geologists have developed and tested several different theories about the origin of the solar system and the nature of the Earth. Did the Earth and other planets form as a by-product of a natural process that formed the Sun? Did the solar system come into being as the result of catastrophic encounter of two stars? Is the inside of the Earth solid, liquid or gaseous? The three volumes that make up A History of Modern Planetary Physics present a survey of these theories. Nebulous Earth follows the development of the nineteenth-century's most popular explanation for the origin of the solar system, Laplace's Nebular Hypothesis. This theory supposes that a flattened mass of gas extending beyond Neptune's orbit cooled and shrank, throwing off in the process successive rings that in time coalesced to form several planets. 8 Halftones, unspecified; 3 Line drawings, unspecified
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- Contributor: Stephen G. Brush
- Imprint: Cambridge University Press
- ISBN13: 9780521441711
- Number of Pages: 326
- Packaged Dimensions: 156x234x19mm
- Packaged Weight: 630
- Format: Hardback
- Publisher: Cambridge University Press
- Release Date: 1996-04-26
- Series: A History of Modern Planetary Physics 3 Volume Hardback set
- Binding: Hardback
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