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The Birth of the Earth a Wanderlied Through Space, Time, and the Human Imagination / David E. Fisher.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Fisher, David E., author.
- Language:
- English
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource
- Place of Publication:
- New York, NY : Columbia University Press, [1987]
- Language Note:
- In English.
- Summary:
- Describes scientific facts about our solar system as well as the history of how these theories were developed. It includes the creation of our solar system, how geologic time is estimated, natural laws, and condensation history.
- Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- 1. In the Beginning
- 2. The Spinning Earth
- 3. The Earth Stands Alone
- 4. Nevertheless, it Moves
- 5. The Authority of Law
- 6. The Origin of the Solar System
- 7. Creation, Antiquity, and Time
- 8. Stellar Encounters
- 9. The Solar System
- 10. The Sun
- 11. The Terrestrial Planets
- 12. The Major Planets
- 13. Moons, Asteroids, and Meteorites
- 14. Rogue Star
- 15. The Inefficient Universe
- 16. Stellar Condensation
- 17. Observing the Nebular Disk
- 18. Accreting Planetesimals and Dissipating Protoplanets
- 19. Inside the Earth
- 20. Accretion and Differentiation
- 21. Maidenhead Revisited
- 22. Xenology: The Age of the Elements
- 23. The Cuckoo's Nest
- 24. Aggregation
- 25. Things Invisible to See
- 26. Go and Find a Fecund Star
- Index
- Notes:
- Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 08. Jul 2019)
- ISBN:
- 9780231879002
- 0231879008
- OCLC:
- 1100430996
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