This book describes the origin and evolution of the solar system, with an emphasis on interpretation rather than description. Starting with the Big Bang 15-20 billion years ago, it traces the evolution of the solar system from the separation of a disk of gas and dust, the solar nebula, 4.7 billion years ago. The problems of the formation of the Sun and the planets are considered beginning with Jupiter and the other gas giants, and ending with the formation of the Earth, the other rocky inner planets and the Moon. All planets, satellites and rings are different and random encounters have played a major role in the evolution of the system: the Moon is the product of a chance collision. The author concludes that the solar system is probably unique; other planetary systems may be common, but will probably not resemble ours either in numbers or types of planets.
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' ... the book should serve as an excellent reference; it succinctly summarizes evidence and arguments.' Nature
' ... an invaluable guide to current thinking on the Solar System evolution.' Journal of the British Astronomical Association
' ... few finer introductions than this book.' Times Higher Education Supplement
'S. Ross Taylor has written a clear and comprehensive account of the orgin and evolution of the solar system ... frequent summaries are useful, and provide ready access to information for readers who simply wish to dip into the book. I highly recommend this book to all students of planetary science.' Chemical Geology
' ... I hope the book reaches many students embarking on a career in geochemistry or, perhaps more important, provides the basis for some courses presented by their teachers.' The Observatory
' ... an invaluable guide to current thinking on the Solar System evolution.' Journal of the British Astronomical Association
' ... few finer introductions than this book.' Times Higher Education Supplement
'S. Ross Taylor has written a clear and comprehensive account of the orgin and evolution of the solar system ... frequent summaries are useful, and provide ready access to information for readers who simply wish to dip into the book. I highly recommend this book to all students of planetary science.' Chemical Geology
' ... I hope the book reaches many students embarking on a career in geochemistry or, perhaps more important, provides the basis for some courses presented by their teachers.' The Observatory
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This book describes the origin and evolution of the solar system, with an emphasis on interpretation rather than description. Starting with the Big Bang 15-20 billion years ago, it traces the evolution of the solar system from the separation of a disk of gas and dust, the solar nebula, 4.7 billion years ago.
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Pre-Copernican theories in which the Earth was the center of the universe have long lost the attention of scientists. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
gaseous protoplanet hypothesis, planetary subnebulae, inner nebula, precursor planetesimals, early nebula, violent solar activity, terrestrial mantle, cratering flux, chondrule formation, terrestrial fractionation line, feldspathic crust, individual chondrules, primitive nebula, siderophile elements, giant gaseous protoplanets, planetesimal hypothesis, highland crust, nebular condensates, refractory inclusions, late veneer, lunar composition, most chondrites, hot nebula, martian mantle, eucrite parent body Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Arizona Univ, Cambridge Univ, Earth Planet, New York, Pacific Conf, Lunar Planet, Oort Cloud, Comet Halley, Meteoritics Planet, Oxford Univ, Space Sci, Big Bang, Titius-Bode Rule, Lunar Perspective, The Planetary Scientist's Companion, University of California, Copernican Revolution, Planetary Materials, Viking Landers, London Spec, Milky Way, Academic Press, Arizona Press, Beta Pictoris, Geologic Process New!
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gaseous protoplanet hypothesis, planetary subnebulae, inner nebula, precursor planetesimals, early nebula, violent solar activity, terrestrial mantle, cratering flux, chondrule formation, terrestrial fractionation line, feldspathic crust, individual chondrules, primitive nebula, siderophile elements, giant gaseous protoplanets, planetesimal hypothesis, highland crust, nebular condensates, refractory inclusions, late veneer, lunar composition, most chondrites, hot nebula, martian mantle, eucrite parent body Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Arizona Univ, Cambridge Univ, Earth Planet, New York, Pacific Conf, Lunar Planet, Oort Cloud, Comet Halley, Meteoritics Planet, Oxford Univ, Space Sci, Big Bang, Titius-Bode Rule, Lunar Perspective, The Planetary Scientist's Companion, University of California, Copernican Revolution, Planetary Materials, Viking Landers, London Spec, Milky Way, Academic Press, Arizona Press, Beta Pictoris, Geologic Process New!
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- The Solar System (3 Vol Set) (Magill's Choice) by Roger Smith on 41 pages
- Meteorites and the Early Solar System by John F. Kerridge on 19 pages
- The Formation and Evolution of Planetary Systems (Space Telescope Science Institute Symposium Series) by H. A. Weaver on 11 pages
- Origin of the Earth and Moon (Space Science Series) by Robin M. Canup on 11 pages
- The Solar System by Barrie William Jones on 5 pages
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- Disturbing the Solar System: Impacts, Close Encounters, and Coming Attractions by Alan E. Rubin on 4 pages
- Plate Tectonics, Fourth Edition by Kent C. Condie on page 258, and Back Matter
- Earth as an Evolving Planetary System by Kent C. Condie in Back Matter, and Index
- Atheism and Theism (Great Debates in Philosophy) by J. J. C. Smart on page 65, and page 74
- Destiny or Chance: Our Solar System and its Place in the Cosmos by Stuart Ross Taylor in Front Matter, and Back Matter
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