Unlocking the moon's secrets: from Galileo to giant impact

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 shif...

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Main Author: Powell, James Lawrence 1936- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York Oxford University Press [2023]
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Online Access:Inhaltsverzeichnis
Summary: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.
Cover -- Unlocking the Moon's Secrets -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Introduction -- PART I THE ORIGIN OF THE MOON'S CRATERS -- 1. The Ancient Astronomers -- 2. Pioneers of Modern Astronomy -- 3. Mapping and Measuring -- 4. The Moon's Myriad Craters -- 5. Colliding Moonlets -- 6. Cryptic Craters -- 7. To the Moon -- PART II THE ORIGIN OF THE MOON -- 8. The Rise and Fall of the Nebular Hypothesis -- 9. We Go into Space -- 10. Rosetta Stone of the Solar System -- 11. Volcanism on the Moon -- 12. Giant Impact -- 13. Green Light for Giant Impact -- 14. Mother of Selene -- 15. Simulating Giant Impact -- 16. Summing Up and Looking Ahead -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.
Item Description:Literaturverzeichnis Seite [135]-142. - Index
Physical Description:149 Seiten Illustrationen, Diagramme 24,3 cm
ISBN:9780197694862