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Imagine traveling to the far reaches of the solar system, pausing for close-up encounters with distant planets, moons, asteroids, and comets, accompanied by a congenial guide to the science behind what you see. What, for instance, would it be like to fly in Titan’s hazy atmosphere? To walk across the surface of Mercury? To feel the rumble of a volcano brewing on one of Jupiter's largest moons? In Daydreaming in the Solar System, John Moores and Jesse Rogerson bring that dream to virtual life. Through a combination of story and science they let readers know what such an otherworldly experience would actually look, feel, and even taste like.
With data gathered over the decades by our robotic spacecraft, and with Michelle Parsons’s evocative illustrations, Moores and Rogerson boldly take you where no living being has gone before, along the way giving an engaging and accurate explanation of the science. Where Carl Sagan’s storied “spaceship of the imagination” provided a window to outer space, Daydreaming in the Solar System opens a door, inviting readers to step through and truly explore the strange new worlds of the solar system. Undertaking this interplanetary journey powered by hard science, there is no limit to where your daydreams can take you.
Imagine traveling to the far reaches of the solar system, pausing for close-up encounters with distant planets, moons, asteroids, and comets, accompanied by a congenial guide to the science behind what you see. What, for instance, would it be like to fly in Titan’s hazy atmosphere? To walk across the surface of Mercury? To feel the rumble of a volcano brewing on one of Jupiter's largest moons? In Daydreaming in the Solar System, John Moores and Jesse Rogerson bring that dream to virtual life. Through a combination of story and science they let readers know what such an otherworldly experience would actually look, feel, and even taste like.
With data gathered over the decades by our robotic spacecraft, and with Michelle Parsons’s evocative illustrations, Moores and Rogerson boldly take you where no living being has gone before, along the way giving an engaging and accurate explanation of the science. Where Carl Sagan’s storied “spaceship of the imagination” provided a window to outer space, Daydreaming in the Solar System opens a door, inviting readers to step through and truly explore the strange new worlds of the solar system. Undertaking this interplanetary journey powered by hard science, there is no limit to where your daydreams can take you.
Preface
1 Golfing on the Far Side of the Moon
2 Rappelling into Valles Marineras on Mars
3 Beneath the Europan Ice
4 Trekking Mercury’s Crest of Dawn
5 Prospecting on Venus’ Surface
6 Surfing Saturn’s Rings
7 Sailing the Titanian Sea
8 Around the World in Eighty Hours
9 A Year Shipwrecked on a Comet
10 Of Roses and Baobabs on Bennu
11 Skydiving in Jupiter’s Vast Atmosphere
12 Watching the Martian Clouds Scoot By
13 Spelunking on Hyperion
14 Caffeinated Flight on Titan
15 Pluto, the Edge of the Map
Epilogue: Infinite Diversity in Infinite Combinations
Acknowledgments
Afterword
Notes
Index
| Erscheinungsjahr: | 2024 |
|---|---|
| Fachbereich: | Astronomie |
| Genre: | Importe, Physik |
| Rubrik: | Naturwissenschaften & Technik |
| Medium: | Buch |
| Inhalt: | Einband - fest (Hardcover) |
| ISBN-13: | 9780262049290 |
| ISBN-10: | 0262049295 |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
| Einband: | Gebunden |
| Autor: |
Moores, John E.
Rogerson, Jesse |
| Illustrator: | Parsons, Michelle D. |
| Hersteller: | The MIT Press |
| Verantwortliche Person für die EU: | Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de |
| Abbildungen: | 26 b&w illustrations, 16 color plates |
| Maße: | 231 x 163 x 30 mm |
| Von/Mit: | John E. Moores (u. a.) |
| Erscheinungsdatum: | 22.10.2024 |
| Gewicht: | 0,48 kg |
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