Lifting Titan's Veil: Exploring the Giant Moon of Saturn - Couverture rigide

Lorenz, Ralph; Mitton, Jacqueline

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0521793483 ISBN 13 : 9780521793483

Editeur : Cambridge University Press, 2002

Synopsis

Lifting Titan's Veil is a revealing account of the second largest moon in our solar system. This world in orbit around Saturn is the only body in the solar system with an atmosphere strikingly similar to Earth's. Titan is like a giant frozen laboratory that may help scientists understand the first chemical steps towards the origin of life. Beginning with its discovery in 1655, the authors describe our current knowledge of Titan, including observations made before the space age, results from the Voyager missions of the 1980s, and recent revelations from the world's most advanced telescopes. Ralph Lorenz includes his personal experiences in preparing for the Cassini mission, which will reach Saturn in 2004 and release the Huygens probe into Titan's atmosphere in 2005. This book is a splendid introduction to Titan, and will appeal to anyone interested in astronomical discovery and space exploration.

A propos du livre

À propos des auteurs

Ralph Lorenz trained as an engineer and worked for the European Space Agency at the very beginning of the Huygens project. Since obtaining a PhD at the University of Kent, England, he has worked as a planetary scientist at the University of Arizona, USA.

Jacqueline Mitton obtained a PhD in astrophysics from the University of Cambridge, and is now a full-time writer and media consultant specialising in astronomy.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Cambridge University Press
• Date d'édition: 2002
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0521793483
• ISBN 13: 9780521793483
• Reliure: Relié
• Numéro d'édition: 1
• Nombre de pages: 268
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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