The Story of the Solar System: A Visual Journey
Published on 26. September 2024
Book
Hardback
192 pages
978-1-78594-920-3 (ISBN)
Description
'The nation's go-to woman for all things space... her joy for the subject is boundless' - The Guardian
Take a new look at the world around you.
What is a planet? Is there life on Mars? What makes Earth so special?
Questions about our Solar System have fascinated us for centuries. Based on the latest scientific research, The Story of the Solar System will help you see the planets around us in a whole new light. Using colourful and easy-to-follow infographics, each planet becomes a character with a story of its own to tell, from Jupiter the King of the Solar System to ice oddity Uranus and outlier planet-but-not-a-planet Pluto.
As space scientist Maggie Aderin-Pocock shows us, the story of Earth is best understood as part of its larger family, and The Story of the Solar System will bring that family to life.
Take a new look at the world around you.
What is a planet? Is there life on Mars? What makes Earth so special?
Questions about our Solar System have fascinated us for centuries. Based on the latest scientific research, The Story of the Solar System will help you see the planets around us in a whole new light. Using colourful and easy-to-follow infographics, each planet becomes a character with a story of its own to tell, from Jupiter the King of the Solar System to ice oddity Uranus and outlier planet-but-not-a-planet Pluto.
As space scientist Maggie Aderin-Pocock shows us, the story of Earth is best understood as part of its larger family, and The Story of the Solar System will bring that family to life.
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Ebury Publishing
Target group
Professional and scholarly
College/higher education
Dimensions
Height: 245 mm
Width: 195 mm
Thickness: 20 mm
Weight
782 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-78594-920-3 (9781785949203)
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Other editions
Additional editions
Maggie Aderin-Pocock | Simon Guerrier
The Story of the Solar System: A Visual Journey
E-Book
09/2024
BBC Digital
€14.99
Available for download
Persons
Simon Guerrier is co-author of Doctor Who: The Women Who Lived and Whographica for BBC Books, and has written countless Doctor Who books, comics, audio plays and documentaries. He has been a guest on Front Row and The Infinite Monkey Cage on Radio 4 and, with his brother Thomas, makes films and documentaries - most recently Victorian Queens of Ancient Egypt for Radio 3.