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Title:
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From dust to life : the origin and evolution of our solar system /
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Authors:
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John Chambers, Author ;
Jacqueline Mitton, Author
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Material Type:
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book
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Publisher:
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Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press, 2014
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ISBN / ISSN / EAN :
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978-0-691-14522-8
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Format:
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xvi, 299. / ill / 25 cm
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Bibliography note:
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Includes bibliographical references (pages [291]-292) and index
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Languages:
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English
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Class number:
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QB503
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Subjects:
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Interplanetary dust
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Life--Origin
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Description:
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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
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Contents note:
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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 -- Epilogue : paradigms, problems, and predictions
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Format :
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In print
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