The Cambridge Photographic Guide to the Planets

By F.W. Taylor, Geoffrey Briggs, F. W. Taylor

Book Overview

The Cambridge Photographic Guide to the Planets contains a selection of the latest and most interesting images of the planets, moons, comets and asteroids of our Solar System. The book begins with a general introduction to the planetary system, its origin and evolution. Each subsequent chapter is devoted to a different planet or solar system body, and contains a comprehensive introduction to the body, and its moons and rings where relevant. This is followed by a selection of carefully chosen images from planetary missions, with explanatory captions. The author provides an authoritative description of what these images reveal and the puzzles that they pose for scientists. This photographic guide will be of interest to anybody with a fascination of the planets, from the amateur to the professional astronomer.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521781833
• ISBN13: 9780521781831
• Release Date: November 2001
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 316 Pages
• Weight: 3.42 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 8.9" x 11.2"

Customer Reviews

The Best Book on the Planets

This is most definitely the best book on the Planets that I have ever seen, and I have been collecting books on the Planets since 1966. The pictures are fantastic, and there are many updated information. There is much about the moons as well, however even more of Saturn's moons have been found since this publication. A must for any astronomy lover.

For anyone wanting to learn more about celestial objects

The Cambridge Photographic Guide To The Planets by Fred Taylor (Halley Professor of Physics, University of Oxford, and Distinguished Visiting Scientist, Earth and Space Sciences Division, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology) is a truly gorgeous book filled from cover to cover with full color astronomical photographs taken of planets, moons, and other heavenly bodies in our solar system. The descriptive text is scholarly, yet completely accessible to non-specialist general readers of a wide variety of educational backgrounds. The Cambridge Photographic Guide To The Planets is a splendid volume for anyone wanting to learn more about the celestial objects that are neighbor to Mother Earth, and would make a prized and appreciated addition to any personal, professional, academic, or community library astronomy collection.