| A History of Modern Planetary Physics: Volume 3, the Origin of the Solar System and of the Moon from Chamberlain to Apollo: Fruitful Encounters Contributor(s): Brush, Stephen G. (Author), Stephen G., Brush (Author) |
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ISBN: 0521101441 ISBN-13: 9780521101448 Publisher: Cambridge University Press OUR PRICE: $51.29 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: December 2008 Annotation: Fruitful Encounters surveys the development of theories of the origin of the solar system in the twentieth century. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Science | History - Science | Physics - Astrophysics - Science | Astronomy |
| Dewey: 523.209 |
| Series: History of Modern Planetary Physics |
| Physical Information: 0.76" H x 6.14" W x 9.21" (1.13 lbs) 368 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The early twentieth century saw the replacement of the Nebular Hypothesis with the Chamberlin-Moulton theory that the solar system resulted from the encounter of the Sun with a passing star. Fruitful Encounters follows the eventual refutation of the encounter theory and the subsequent revival of a modernized Nebular Hypothesis. Professor Brush also discusses the role of findings from the Apollo space program, especially the analysis of lunar samples, culminating in the establishment of the giant impact theory of the Moon's origin in the 1980s. |
