Solar System

Hey, Nigel

ISBN 10: 1841882607 / ISBN 13: 9781841882604

Published by Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 2007

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Solar System
• Publisher: Weidenfeld & Nicolson
• Publication Date: 2007
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1841882607
• ISBN 13: 9781841882604
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

Even though no little men have been found on Mars (or goddesses on Venus), our celestial neighborhood is stranger than anyone ever imagined. New information from robot probes and telescopes has exploded ideas taken for granted for years. Recently verified facts are now illustrated in amazing rainfalls of diamonds on Neptune; dust storms stirred by 6000-mph winds on Jupiter; Saturn's 30 moons, including 12 discovered since 2000. Also everyday occurrences on Venus that would be life-ending catastrophes on earth, and close-ups of long-ago river systems on Mars. Each planet appears in paintings based on you-are-there realism, backed by new introductions by leading scientists explaining how the solar system began and what it teaches us about our own planet.

About the Author

Nigel Hey is a former Senior Administrator at Sandia National Laboratories, one of the US's largest scientific research institutions. He sold his first short story to the BBC at the age of 11, and now writes primarily about science and science policy for the national and international media. A contributing author for THE SCIENCE BOOK, he is also the author of 3 previously published books and the editor of several reference works. He is a member of the American Association for the Advancement of Science and the Association of British Science Writers. Among numerous other jobs, he served as an information officer during the launch of the Project Galileo spacecraft.