Unlocking the Moon's Secrets: From Galileo to Giant Impact - Hardcover
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Language:EnglishPublisher:Oxford University Press, USAISBN-13:9780197694862ISBN-10:197694861UPC:9780197694862Book Category:ScienceBook Subcategory:Space Science, Physics, HistoryBook Topic:Cosmology, GeophysicsSize:9.57 x 6.16 x 0.67 inchesWeight:0.84Product ID:SCVRT6CF38
The Moon is the most viewed object in the sky, the Sun being too bright to look at directly and the planets too far away. The Greeks deduced everything that could be learned about the Moon using only the naked eye, including that it has no light of its own but reflects that of the Sun. They understood the cause of eclipses and used the Earth's shadow on the Moon to conclude that our planet is a...
Language:EnglishPublisher:Oxford University Press, USAISBN-13:9780197694862ISBN-10:197694861UPC:9780197694862Book Category:ScienceBook Subcategory:Space Science, Physics, HistoryBook Topic:Cosmology, GeophysicsSize:9.57 x 6.16 x 0.67 inchesWeight:0.84Product ID:SCVRT6CF38
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...
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