Unlocking the Moon's Secrets
From Galileo to Giant Impact
(Sprache: Englisch)
Unlocking the Moon's Secrets tells the fascinating story of how scientists solved the mystery of the Moon's origin and the cause of the Moon's craters. By showing how science evolves, complete with misunderstandings, contentious arguments, difficult to...
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Unlocking the Moon's Secrets tells the fascinating story of how scientists solved the mystery of the Moon's origin and the cause of the Moon's craters. By showing how science evolves, complete with misunderstandings, contentious arguments, difficult to relinquish assumptions, and shifting views as new facts come to light, we can finally understand our Moon.
Inhaltsverzeichnis zu „Unlocking the Moon's Secrets “
- Dedication
- Introduction
- Chapter 1. The Ancient Astronomers
- Part I: The Origin of the Moon's Craters
- Chapter 2. Pioneers of Modern Astronomy
- Chapter 3. Mapping and Measuring
- Chapter 4. The Moon's Myriad Craters
- Chapter 5. Colliding Moonlets
- Chapter 6. Cryptic Craters
- Chapter 7. To the Moon
- Part II: The Origin of the Moon
- Chapter 8. The Rise and Fall of the Nebular Hypothesis
- Chapter 9. We Go into Space
- Chapter 10. Rosetta Stone of the Solar System
- Chapter 11. Volcanism on the Moon
- Chapter 12. Giant Impact
- Chapter 13. Green Light for Giant Impact
- Chapter 14. Mother of Selene
- Chapter 15. Simulating Giant Impact
- Chapter 16. Summing Up and Looking Ahead
- Acknowledgements
- Bibliography
- Endnotes
Autoren-Porträt von James Lawrence Powell
James Lawrence Powell, Retired, formerly Director of the Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History, served as Acting President of Oberlin, President of Franklin and Marshall College, President of Reed College, and President of the Franklin Institute Science Museum in Philadelphia. He has written a number of books, the most recent of which is The 2084 Report: An Oral History of the Great Warming (2020). It followed Deadly Voyager: The Ancient Comet Strike That Changed Earth and Human History (2020). He also recently contributed to The Universe As It Really Is (2018).Bibliographische Angaben
- Autor: James Lawrence Powell
- 2023, 149 Seiten, Masse: 16,6 x 23,9 cm, Gebunden, Englisch
- Verlag: Oxford University Press
- ISBN-10: 0197694861
- ISBN-13: 9780197694862
- Erscheinungsdatum: 22.10.2023
Sprache:
Englisch
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