Traveller’s Guide to the Solar System - Softcover

Sparrow, Giles

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0007234104 ISBN 13: 9780007234103

Publisher: Collins, 2006

Synopsis

This virtual travel guide will take you to the outer extremes of the solar system to see it as never before.

You want to go to Mars? This book tells you exactly how long it will take you to get there, what essentials you should pack, and the tourist highlights you should explore when you get there.

The Solar System is packed with exotic tourist destinations: you can visit the historic Apollo 11 landing site and have your photo taken with Neil Armstrong's footprint; discover giant volcanoes, breathtaking mountains, frozen lava rivers, and the decayed remains of early Soviet space probes.

So now you can find out what it would really be like to visit the planets, whether you could be skiing on polar ice caps or discovering giant volcanoes. And you can find out all about the processes and events that have shaped them.

Through a combination of the latest space probe photography and scientifically accurate computer reconstructions, the reader is taken on a rollercoaster journey across the solar system, from the Earth's own natural wonders to the icy depths of the Oort Cloud.

About this title

Product Description:

Rare Book

About the Author:

Giles Sparrow is a keen astronomer and celestial cartographer. He has been a professional science writer since graduating from Imperial College, London. He has written extensively for adults and children on topics ranging from astronomy to palaeontology, and has been a major contributor to a number of high profile books.

About this edition

• Publisher: Collins
• Publication date: 2006
• ISBN 10: 0007234104
• ISBN 13: 9780007234103
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 224