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The Planets
by Professor Brian Cox and Andrew Cohen
William Collins | May 2019 | eISBN: 9780008313470 | ePUB | 237 mb
https://www.amazon.com/Planets-Professor-Brian-Cox/dp/000748884X
A companion book to the critically acclaimed BBC series.
The bestselling authors of Wonders of the Universe are back with another blockbuster, a groundbreaking exploration of our Solar System as it has never been seen before.
Mercury, a lifeless victim of the Sun's expanding power. Venus, once thought to be lush and fertile, now known to be trapped within a toxic and boiling atmosphere. Mars, the red planet, doomed by the loss of its atmosphere. Jupiter, twice the size of all the other planets combined, but insubstantial. Saturn, a stunning celestial beauty, the jewel of our Solar System. Uranus, the sideways planet and the first ice giant. Neptune, dark, cold and whipped by supersonic winds. Pluto, the dwarf planet, a frozen rock. Andrew Cohen and Professor Brian Cox take readers on a voyage of discovery, from the fiery heart of our Solar System, to its mysterious outer reaches.
They touch on the latest discoveries that have expanded our knowledge of the planets, their moons and how they come to be, alongside recent stunning and mind-boggling NASA photography.
About the Authors
Professor Brian Cox, OBE is a particle physicist, a Royal Society research fellow, and a professor at the University of Manchester as well as researcher on one of the most ambitious experiments on Earth, the ATLAS experiment on the Large Hadron Collider in Switzerland. He is best known to the public as a science broadcaster and presenter of the popular BBC Wonders trilogy, Human Universe, Forces of Nature and Stargazing Live.
Andrew Cohen is Head of the BBC Science Unit and the Executive Producer of the BBC series Planets. He has been responsible for a wide range of science documentaries, including the Wonders trilogy, Human Universe, Forces of Nature and Stargazing Live. He lives in London with his wife and three children.
CONTENTS
SOLAR SYSTEM - AN INTRODUCTION
MERCURY + VENUS - A MOMENT IN THE SUN
EARTH + MARS - THE TWO SISTERS
JUPITER - THE GODFATHER
SATURN - THE CELESTIAL JEWEL
URANUS
NEPTUNE
PLUTO
INTO THE DARKNESS
INDEX
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
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