David Brodie

Ice, Rock, and Beauty (eBook, PDF)

The Myriad Objects of the Solar System

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

The wonders of the moons and planets of the Solar System have captivated people across the world for generations... but now we can experience so much more of the the Sun's corner of the cosmos - our home among the stars. The richness of images - dwarf planets, moons, asteroids, comets, and planetary rings, all the way out to the Kuiper Belt and the icy bodies of the Oort Cloud - has only become richer since the onset of space exploration and since the first edition of this book!

The evolution of images of Pluto, for one, from the faintest dot through to the fantastic surface detail revealed by NASA's New Horizons mission is just one of the breakthrough stories from the last decade and featured in this book. The book also explores the most recent NASA imagery of the moons of Saturn, such as Enceladus with its fountains of ice bursting from inner oceans, and of oily lakes seen through Titan's hazy atmosphere. Additionally, this updated and extended edition features new models of the pathways of huge numbers of asteroids, intimate close-ups of comets, and colorful representations of the subtle gravitational variations across the surface of our own companion, the Moon. There is indeed a vast diversity of ice and rock, and certainly a whole lot of newly discovered beauty waiting to be explored, by you, in every chapter.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Springer Nature Switzerland
• Seitenzahl: 206
• Erscheinungstermin: 27. August 2025
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9783031898976
• Artikelnr.: 75307167

Autorenporträt

David Brodie is author of a wide range of books, including Introduction to Advanced Physics and Further Advanced Physics. His broad interest in visual imagery has also led him to create photography books such as Chinalens and The Handbook of Photographic Fundamentals.

Inhaltsangabe

Chapter 1: Solar System.- Chapter 2: Dwarf Planets.- Chapter 3: Moons.- Chapter 4: Asteroids.- Chapter 5: Comets.- Chapter 6: NASA.- Chapter 7: Space missions.- Chapter 8: Kuiper belt.- Chapter 9: New Horizons mission.- Chapter 10: Juno mission.- Chapter 11: Insight mission.- Chapter 12: Dawn mission.- Chapter 13: Rosetta mission.

Rezensionen

From the reviews:

"The author's plan is simple but compelling: select about 60 recent, stunning images of objects in the solar system and arrange them on double-page spreads so that each image is printed nice and large with related text on its facing page. ... It's a lovely book to dip into, with interesting angles on most of the objects chosen. A full index enables readers to navigate to entries of particular interest. ... Brodie shows how naturally science and humanity go together." (Peter Campbell, Physics Education, March, 2008)

"Brodie, a travel writer and textbook author, encapsulates, in dozens of color pictures with explanations alongside, the great gain in the sophistication available in the images from recent space probes. ... This book is for anyone who seeks to keep up on the solar system as it is known in the 21st century. Summing Up: Recommended. All readers/libraries." (A. R. Upgren, CHOICE, Vol. 45 (11), July, 2008)

"The aim of Ice, Rock, and Beauty ... is to show the diversity of the objects in the Solar System. ... The content is written in a beautifully poetic way ... . Each description is accompanied by a schematic of the Solar System , usefully illustrating the location of the Sun, Earth and the body that is being described. ... With accessible, descriptive language that captures the wonders of the Solar System, this book would be an excellent read ... ." (Emily Baldwin, Astronomy Now, October, 2008)

"This book is a collection of images of the smaller bodies in the Solar System. The greater part is taken up by more than sixty images, some in black and white, some in colour, true or false, and a few graphics. Nearly all the images are from space and are credited to NASA. ... The prose style is vivid and enthusiastic, well matching the images. ... The pictures are beautiful ... ." (Derek Jones, The Observatory, Vol. 128 (1206), October, 2008)