The Resource From dust to life : the origin and evolution of our solar system, John Chambers and Jacqueline Mitton
From dust to life : the origin and evolution of our solar system, John Chambers and Jacqueline Mitton
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The item From dust to life : the origin and evolution of our solar system, John Chambers and Jacqueline Mitton represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Randwick City Library.
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- Summary
- Tells the story of how the celestial objects that make up the solar system arose from common beginnings billions of years ago, and how scientists and philosophers have sought to unravel this mystery down through the centuries, piecing together the clues that enabled them to deduce the solar system's layout, its age, and the likely way it formed
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- xvi, 299 pages
- Contents
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- Cosmic archaeology
- Discovering the solar system
- An evolving solar system
- The question of timing
- Meteorites
- Cosmic chemistry
- A star is born
- Nursery for planets
- Worlds of rock and metal
- The making of the moon
- Earth, cradle of life
- worlds of gas and ice
- What happened to the asteroid belt?
- The outermost solar system
- Paradigms, problems, and predictions
- Isbn
- 9780691145228
- Label
- From dust to life : the origin and evolution of our solar system
- Title
- From dust to life
- Title remainder
- the origin and evolution of our solar system
- Statement of responsibility
- John Chambers and Jacqueline Mitton
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- Tells the story of how the celestial objects that make up the solar system arose from common beginnings billions of years ago, and how scientists and philosophers have sought to unravel this mystery down through the centuries, piecing together the clues that enabled them to deduce the solar system's layout, its age, and the likely way it formed
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Chambers, John
- Dewey number
- 523.2
- Illustrations
- illustrations
- Index
- index present
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
- Mitton, Jacqueline
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Interplanetary dust
- Cosmology
- Solar system
- Target audience
- adult
- Label
- From dust to life : the origin and evolution of our solar system, John Chambers and Jacqueline Mitton
- Contents
- Cosmic archaeology -- Discovering the solar system -- An evolving solar system -- The question of timing -- Meteorites -- Cosmic chemistry -- A star is born -- Nursery for planets -- Worlds of rock and metal -- The making of the moon -- Earth, cradle of life -- worlds of gas and ice -- What happened to the asteroid belt? -- The outermost solar system -- Paradigms, problems, and predictions
- Control code
- 000052268696
- Dimensions
- 25 cm.
- Extent
- xvi, 299 pages
- Form of item
- regular print reproduction
- Isbn
- 9780691145228
- Isbn Type
- (hardback)
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- Label
- From dust to life : the origin and evolution of our solar system, John Chambers and Jacqueline Mitton
- Contents
- Cosmic archaeology -- Discovering the solar system -- An evolving solar system -- The question of timing -- Meteorites -- Cosmic chemistry -- A star is born -- Nursery for planets -- Worlds of rock and metal -- The making of the moon -- Earth, cradle of life -- worlds of gas and ice -- What happened to the asteroid belt? -- The outermost solar system -- Paradigms, problems, and predictions
- Control code
- 000052268696
- Dimensions
- 25 cm.
- Extent
- xvi, 299 pages
- Form of item
- regular print reproduction
- Isbn
- 9780691145228
- Isbn Type
- (hardback)
- Other physical details
- illustrations
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