THE PLANETS by Nigel Henbest - Etsy Best Price! Great Vintage Hardcover Coffee-Table Book; Fantastic Gift Astronomy Lovers!
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THE PLANETS by Nigel Henbest - Etsy Best Price! Great Vintage Hardcover
Coffee-Table Book; Fantastic Gift Astronomy Lovers!NEW Condition Hardcover Book! Fantastic coffee-table book; fantastic gift for astronomy lovers and students! Etsy best price! DJ repaired and has small inscription on inner leaflet; otherwise STUNNING condition and appears unread. We ship fast and safe worldwide everyday. See publisher details below...Purchases of $35 and above qualify for FREE shipping! Buy more from our store and save $$$....SynopsisThe Planets : For the first time in history, astronomers have detailed views of all nine planets that circle the Sun, from Mercury to remote Pluto. This new astronomical portrait gallery also includes enticing images of a myriad of smaller bodies in our part of the Universe - moons, asteroids, and the heart of Halley's Comet. Almost all of these pictures have come from spacecraft - sophisticated robots that have flown past the planets, become artificial moons of other worlds, and even landed on the surface of Venus and Mars. In just a generation, the spacecrafts have taught us more about the solar system than we had learned in the entire previous history of astronomy. As a result, we know parts of Mars and Venus in as much detail as some of the Earth's more inaccessible regions, and we have analyzed the wind systems and great spots of Jupiter in as much depth as the Earth's pattern of winds. These views of what are literally "new worlds' have led us not only to fresh knowledge about the Cosmos but also to a fuller understanding of the Earth. Venus, for example provides evidence of the alarming results of a greenhouse effect; Mars is frozen into a perpetual ice age, while the fierce winds in Saturn and Neptune are providing unique insights into the way that our weather and climate work. The Planets is the first book to bring together these new images with a nontechnical text. It is an invitation to the denizens of planet Earth to meet our neighbors in the solar system.Hardcover Publisher: Viking Press; First Edition edition (1992) ASIN: B001L0XVBS
Coffee-Table Book; Fantastic Gift Astronomy Lovers!NEW Condition Hardcover Book! Fantastic coffee-table book; fantastic gift for astronomy lovers and students! Etsy best price! DJ repaired and has small inscription on inner leaflet; otherwise STUNNING condition and appears unread. We ship fast and safe worldwide everyday. See publisher details below...Purchases of $35 and above qualify for FREE shipping! Buy more from our store and save $$$....SynopsisThe Planets : For the first time in history, astronomers have detailed views of all nine planets that circle the Sun, from Mercury to remote Pluto. This new astronomical portrait gallery also includes enticing images of a myriad of smaller bodies in our part of the Universe - moons, asteroids, and the heart of Halley's Comet. Almost all of these pictures have come from spacecraft - sophisticated robots that have flown past the planets, become artificial moons of other worlds, and even landed on the surface of Venus and Mars. In just a generation, the spacecrafts have taught us more about the solar system than we had learned in the entire previous history of astronomy. As a result, we know parts of Mars and Venus in as much detail as some of the Earth's more inaccessible regions, and we have analyzed the wind systems and great spots of Jupiter in as much depth as the Earth's pattern of winds. These views of what are literally "new worlds' have led us not only to fresh knowledge about the Cosmos but also to a fuller understanding of the Earth. Venus, for example provides evidence of the alarming results of a greenhouse effect; Mars is frozen into a perpetual ice age, while the fierce winds in Saturn and Neptune are providing unique insights into the way that our weather and climate work. The Planets is the first book to bring together these new images with a nontechnical text. It is an invitation to the denizens of planet Earth to meet our neighbors in the solar system.Hardcover Publisher: Viking Press; First Edition edition (1992) ASIN: B001L0XVBS