A History of Modern Planetary Physics: Volume 1, the Origin of the Solar System and the Core of the Earth from Laplace to Jeffreys: Nebulous Earth

by Stephen G. Brush

Book Overview

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. Together, the three volumes that comprise A History of Modern Planetary Physics present a survey of these theories. Nebulous Earth follows the development of Laplace's Nebular Hypothesis, its connection with ideas about the interior of the Earth, and its role in the establishment...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 052109321X
• ISBN13: 9780521093217
• Release Date: January 2009
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 328 Pages
• Weight: 1.01 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.2"