Packed with real science and fueled by imagination, a beautifully illustrated guide to traveling in our solar system Imagine taking a hike along the windswept red plains of Mars to dig for signs of life, or touring one of Jupiter's sixty-four moons where you can photograph its swirling storms. For a shorter trip on a tight budget, the Moon is quite majestic and very quiet if y...(展开全部)

We have the impression that the solar system is perfectly regular like a clock, or a planetarium instrument. On a short timescale it is. But, seen in a longer perspective, the planets, and their satellites, have exciting lives, full of events - for example, did you know that Saturn's moon, Titan, boasts lakes which contain liquid methane surrounded by soaring hills and valleys,...(展开全部)

The Encyclopedia of the Solar System, Third Edition—winner of the 2015 PROSE Award in Cosmology & Astronomy from the Association of American Publishers—provides a framework for understanding the origin and evolution of the solar system, historical discoveries, and details about planetary bodies and how they interact—with an astounding breadth of content and breathtaking visual ...(展开全部)

The only book you need if you're going back in time What would you do if a time machine hurled you thousands of years into the past. . . and then broke? How would you survive? Could you improve on humanity's original timeline? And how hard would it be to domesticate a giant wombat? With this book as your guide, you'll survive--and thrive--in any period in Earth's history. Bests...(展开全部)

在线阅读本书 Once there was a boy named Charlie. He had a nice life, but it wasn’t perfect. He had to spend too much time doing things he didn’t want to do. So one day he decided to pack up and save all his time – all his round, squishy years and square, mushy months, down to every itsy-bitsy second – in his suitcase and lock it up, say goodbye to his parents, and set off to find ...(展开全部)

Long before Galileo published his discoveries about Jupiter, lunar craters, and the Milky Way in the Starry Messenger in 1610, people were fascinated with the planets and stars around them. That interest continues today, and scientists are making new discoveries at an astounding rate. Ancient lake beds on Mars, robotic spacecraft missions, and new definitions of planets now d...(展开全部)

埃里克·蔡森拥有哈佛大学的天体物理学博士学位，在哈佛大学艺术与科学系工作了10年。在其后二十多年的时间里，他在空间望远镜科学研究所担任高级科学工作人员，并且拥有约翰霍普金斯大学和塔夫茨大学的多种教职。现在他又回到哈佛，在哈佛-史密松天体物理中心任教并进行研究。埃里克撰写 了12本有关天文学的书，在专业期刊上发表了近200篇科学论文。 史蒂夫·麦克米伦拥有剑桥大学的数学学士和硕士学位，以及哈佛大学的天文学博士学位。他在伊利诺伊大学和西北大学从事博士后科研工作，在那里继续有关理论天体物理、星团和高性能计算的研究。史蒂夫现在是德雷塞尔大学的杰出教授，并且是普林斯顿高级研究所和莱顿大学的长期访问学者。他在专业期刊上发表了超过100篇文章和科学论文。 译者简介 高健，理学博士，毕业于北京师范大学天文系，现为北京师范大学副教授，北京天文学会会员、中国天文学会会员...(展开全部)

What's the best way to secure a conviction in court? Forensic evidence. Crime detection has been revolutionized by advanced technology and "Crime Scene" enables you to see how it's done. Expert consultants ranging from a government pathologist to a professor of toxicology discuss real-life case studies. The book is illustrated with colour photography throughout. length: (cm)...(展开全部)

Some people used to think that Earth was smack-dab in the middle of the universe, with all the stars and planets held in the sky by giant glass balls. "Boy, were they wrong " In this follow-up to the award-winning "Boy, Were We Wrong About Dinosaurs ," Kathleen Kudlinski and John Rocco look at the mistakes, mishaps, and creativity that are part of scientific discovery. From the...(展开全部)