Planetology: Unlocking the Secrets of the Solar System

by Tom Jones

Book Overview

In a stunning and completely new view of the solar system, an astronaut and a geologist team up to investigate, through parallel views made possible by cutting-edge space technology, how the earth itself can help science unravel the mysteries of the heavens. Noted planetary geologist Ellen Stofan and veteran astronaut Tom Jones pair images of Earth-many captured by space shuttle and space station crewmembers-with astonishing scenes of alien surfaces...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1426201214
• ISBN13: 9781426201219
• Release Date: November 2008
• Publisher: National Geographic Society
• Length: 217 Pages
• Weight: 3.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 10.0" x 10.4"