From Dust to Life: The Origin and Evolution of Our Solar System

by Jacqueline Mitton and John Chambers

Book Overview

The remarkable story of how our solar system came to be

The birth and evolution of our solar system is a tantalizing mystery that may one day provide answers to the question of human origins. This book 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 scientists and philosophers have sought to unravel this mystery down through the centuries,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0691145229
• ISBN13: 9780691145228
• Release Date: November 2013
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 1.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.3" x 9.6"