The Solar System: Chemistry as a Key to Its Origin Revised Edition Contributor(s): Runcorn, S. K. (Editor), Turner, G. (Editor), Woolfson, M. M. (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0521380065 ISBN-13: 9780521380065 Publisher: Cambridge University Press OUR PRICE: $108.90 Product Type: Hardcover Published: August 1989 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Science | Astronomy |
Dewey: 523.2 |
Series: Royal Society Discussion Volumes |
Physical Information: 251 pages |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: Many lunar and meteorite specimens and the larger planetary bodies have been chemically unmodified since the time of their formation. They provide a frozen record of the chemistry of the solar system at, or close to, the time of its origin, which has much to tell us if it can be correctly interpreted. |