Get Free Shipping on orders over $79
Lives of the Planets : A Natural History of the Solar System - Richard Corfield

Lives of the Planets

A Natural History of the Solar System

By: Richard Corfield

Paperback | 3 April 2012

At a Glance

Paperback


$72.99

or 4 interest-free payments of $18.25 with

 or 

Ships in 5 to 10 business days

Lives of the Planets describes a scientific field in the midst of a revolution. Planetary science has mainly been a descriptive science, but it is becoming increasingly experimental. The space probes that went up between the 1960s and 1990s were primarily generalists-they collected massive amounts of information so that scientists could learn what questions to pursue. But recent missions have become more focused: Scientists know better what information they want and how to collect it. Even now probes are on their way to Mercury, Venus, Mars, and Pluto, with Europa-one of Jupiter’s moons-on the agenda. In a sweeping look into the manifold objects inhabiting the depths of space, Lives of the Planets delves into the mythology and the knowledge humanity has built over the ages. Placing our current understanding in historical context, Richard Corfield explores the seismic shifts in planetary astronomy and probes why we must change our perspective of our place in the universe. In our era of extraordinary discovery, this is the first comprehensive survey of this new understanding and the history of how we got here.

More in Astronomy, Space & Time

The First Astronomers : How Indigenous Elders read the stars - Duane Hamacher
Royal Observatory Greenwich : A History in Objects - Louise Devoy
2026 Australasian Sky Guide : Australasian Sky Guide - Nick Lomb
First Knowledges Astronomy : Sky Country - Karlie Noon

RRP $26.99

$22.99

15%
OFF
God, the Science, the Evidence - Michel-Yves Bollore

RRP $48.99

$38.75

21%
OFF
Snap! Solar System - Donough O'Malley

RRP $16.99

$15.99

Night Sky Almanac 2026 : A Stargazer's Guide - Royal Observatory Greenwich

RRP $24.99

$21.75

13%
OFF
A Brief History Of Time : From Big Bang to Black Holes - Stephen Hawking
Conceptual Integrated Science : 3rd Edition - Jennifer Yeh

RRP $143.80

$113.99

21%
OFF
Nightfaring : In Search of the Disappearing Darkness - Megan Eaves-Egenes
Ordinary Chondrites : The Most Common Meteorites - Alan E. Rubin

RRP $260.95

$226.99

13%
OFF
The Biggest Ideas in the Universe 1 : Space, Time and Motion - Sean Carroll
Cosmology and Astrophysics - August Hall
Magnetic Fields and Star Formation - Michael Scott
Current Research in Space Experiments - Tony Terran