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Planets of the Known Galaxy: Fact and Fiction about the Nearest Stars and Their Worlds

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Availability:In StockContributor:Kevin J. E. WalshSeries:Science and FictionPublish date:2024-11-16Pages:220
Language:EnglishPublisher:SpringerISBN-13:9783031682179ISBN-10:3031682173UPC:9783031682179Book Category:Science, Social ScienceBook Subcategory:Space Science, PhysicsBook Topic:Astronomy, AstrophysicsSize:9.21 x 6.14 x 0.50 inchesWeight:0.7408Product ID:SCTB64C35K

Planets of the Known Galaxy: Fact and Fiction about the Nearest Stars and Their Worlds

This book offers a tour of "the known galaxy", here defined as the region of interstellar space closest to Earth. The phrase "the known galaxy" has a particular resonance in science fiction, as it refers to the part of the Milky Way that from the perspective of a point in time centuries from now may have been explored and settled by human beings. In the known galaxy, there are gloomy ocean worlds...

Series: Science and Fiction
Language:EnglishPublisher:SpringerISBN-13:9783031682179ISBN-10:3031682173UPC:9783031682179Book Category:Science, Social ScienceBook Subcategory:Space Science, PhysicsBook Topic:Astronomy, AstrophysicsSize:9.21 x 6.14 x 0.50 inchesWeight:0.7408Product ID:SCTB64C35K

Kevin J. E. Walsh is a climate scientist, and has published over 100 peer-reviewed journal articles on topics ranging from climate change to tropical meteorology to planetary climates. He was a professor of meteorology at the University of Melbourne until 2019, and he is currently a professorial fellow. Prof. Walsh co-edited two books published by Springer, Hurricane Risk (2019) and Hurricanes...

Publisher: Springer

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2024 Edition

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