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Disturbing the solar system : impacts, close encounters, and coming attractions / Alan E. Rubin.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Rubin, Alan E. (Alan Edward), 1953-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Gravity.
- Gravity--Seasonal variations.
- Catastrophes (Geology).
- Life on other planets.
- Physical Description:
- xv, 361 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Princeton, N.J. ; Oxford : Princeton University Press, [2002]
- Summary:
- Authoritative and entertaining, "Disturbing the Solar System" describes that havoc wreaked naturally upon our part of the universe: moons form, asteroids and comets crash into planets, ice ages commence, and dinosaurs disappear. 73 halftones. 25 line illustrations.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 343-352) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0691074747
- OCLC:
- 48221485
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