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Wonders of the Solar System

Wonders of the Solar System

by Andrew Cohen and Brian Cox
Hardback
Publication Date: 20/08/2013

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Taking readers on a breathtaking visual and scientific adventure, renowned physicist Brian Cox reveals the Solar System as you have never seen it before: from Saturn's moons, where giant ice fountains spout into space and oceans are made of liquid methane, to Jupiter, where storms rage that are twice the size of Earth and giant super-volcanoes dominate its tortured moon of Io.

Professor Cox takes you on a journey of discovery where alien worlds become places you can see and explore. He introduces you to the planets and moons beyond our world, finding the biggest and most bizarre and powerful natural phenomena. He visits some of the most spectacular and extreme locations here on Earth to unveil what our planet can reveal about the wonders of the Solar System.

Employing his trademark authoritative yet down-to-earth approach, Brian explores how these previously unseen phenomena have dramatically expanded our horizons with new discoveries about the planets, their moons, and how they came to be the way they are.

Includes 500 diagrams and full-color photographs
ISBN:
9780062293459
9780062293459
Category:
Astronomy
Format:
Hardback
Publication Date:
20-08-2013
Language:
English
Publisher:
HarperCollins Publishers Inc
Country of origin:
United States
Pages:
288
Dimensions (mm):
284x229x23mm
Weight:
1.32kg
Andrew Cohen

Andrew Cohen is Head of the BBC Science Unit and the Executive Producer of the BBC series Human Universe.

He has been responsible for a wide range of science documentaries including Horizon, the Wonders trilogy and Stargazing Live.

He is an honorary lecturer in Life Sciences at the University of Manchester and lives in London with his wife and three children.

Brian Cox

Brian Cox is a Professor of Particle Physics and Royal Society University Research Fellow at the University of Manchester.

He also works at the CERN laboratory in Geneva. He has received many awards for his work promoting science, including the prestigious British Association Lord Kelvin Award and, in 2010, an OBE.

He is also a popular presenter on TV and radio. Brian Cox and Jeff Forshaw began collaborating on scientific papers in 1998 and have published on topics ranging from Pomerons to Higgs Bosons.

Their first book together Why Does E = mc2? became a critically acclaimed international bestseller.

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