This book goes to the heart of current planetological research, and illustrates it with many beautiful images. The authors describe the magnificent scenery on Mars including Olympus Mons, more than 20,000 metres high and the solar systema (TM)s biggest volcano. At Marsa (TM) poles, glaciers, formed from thousands of fine strata, are evidence of past climatic fluctuations. Drs Forget and Costard and Professor LognonnA(c) introduce a new world and reveal the workings of the planet Mars. They answer the questions: How was Mars formed? Why has its evolution followed a different path to that of Earth? What do its river beds, volcanoes and glaciers tell us about its past? Could life have existed there? Does it exist there now? What processes a ~drivea (TM) Mars today?
The five parts of the book trace the history of Mars. Part 1 examines its formation from the ashes of dead stars, more than 4A-5 billion years ago. Part 2 travels through its early and turbulent youth and gradual, 3A-5-billion-year long metamorphosis. Part 3 traces the creation of great planetary structures while Part 4 explores this active planet as it is today, with its dust storms, water features and atmosphere, and shows that Mars is subject to continual climatic change. Finally in Part 5, the story of the recent exploration ofMars and current research in laboratories and space agencies in preparation for the missions of the next twenty years is recounted.
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This book goes to the heart of current planetological research, and illustrates it with many beautiful images. The authors describe the magnificent scenery on Mars including Olympus Mons, more than 20,000 metres high and the solar systema (TM)s biggest volcano. At Marsa (TM) poles, glaciers, formed from thousands of fine strata, are evidence of past climatic fluctuations. Drs Forget and Costard and Professor LognonnA(c) introduce a new world and reveal the workings of the planet Mars. They answer the questions: How was Mars formed? Why has its evolution followed a different path to that of Earth? What do its river beds, volcanoes and glaciers tell us about its past? Could life have existed there? Does it exist there now? What processes a ~drivea (TM) Mars today?
The five parts of the book trace the history of Mars. Part 1 examines its formation from the ashes of dead stars, more than 4A-5 billion years ago. Part 2 travels through its early and turbulent youth and gradual, 3A-5-billion-year long metamorphosis. Part 3 traces the creation of great planetary structures while Part 4 explores this active planet as it is today, with its dust storms, water features and atmosphere, and shows that Mars is subject to continual climatic change. Finally in Part 5, the story of the recent exploration ofMars and current research in laboratories and space agencies in preparation for the missions of the next twenty years is recounted.
Imprint | Springer-Verlag New York |
Country of origin | United States |
Series | Springer Praxis Books |
Release date | December 2007 |
Availability | Expected to ship within 10 - 15 working days |
First published | October 2007 |
Authors | Francois Forget, Francois Costard, Philippe Lognonne |
Dimensions | 244 x 170 x 9mm (L x W x T) |
Format | Paperback |
Pages | 229 |
Edition | 2008 ed. |
ISBN-13 | 978-0-387-48925-4 |
Barcode | 9780387489254 |
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LSN | 0-387-48925-8 |