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"EXPLORING THE SOLAR SYSTEM (Wiley-Blackwell, February 2012; 2nd Edition published in April 2020) ISBN: 978-1-119-38490-8
Exploring the Solar System is an introductory text book for undergraduate students with a modest background in science. However, it is also intended to inform and inspire anyone who looks up at the night sky and wishes to know more about the alien worlds that inhabit our Solar System and circle distant Suns.
This major reference book, illustrated throughout in full colour, describes the small expanse of largely empty space that surrounds an ordinary star in the suburbs of the Milky Way galaxy. This region is populated by the Sun, eight planets, dozens of satellites and dwarf planets, and a multitude of smaller objects. It also compares the Solar System with the thousands of planetary systems now being discovered around distant stars.
14 chapters cover each of the planets, the Kuiper Belt, Solar System debris (comets, asteroids etc.), the Sun and the exciting new field of exoplanet studies. Questions at the end of each chapter have been added to help students to recognise and comprehend the main points of each chapter, and to compare each planetary system. A large reference section includes numerous appendices, an extensive reading list and a comprehensive glossary.
The 2nd Edition brings together the discoveries and advances in scientific understanding made during the last 60 years of solar and planetary exploration, using research conducted by the world's leading geoscientists, astronomers, and physicists. Exploring the Solar System, 2nd Edition is an ideal introduction for anyone interested in learning about our small corner of the Milky Way galaxy.
The book is accompanied by a companion website, which includes figures and tables from the book: www.wiley.com/go/Bond-Solar-System2e .
Find a free sample chapter of the 1st edition at www.wiley.com/buy/9781444351088 .
A foreign edition, translated by Nicolas Dupont-Blanc, was published by De Boeck in October 2014.
http://www.deboecksuperieur.com/ouvrage/9782804184964-lexploration-du-systeme-solaire
"Peter Bond's Exploring the Solar System takes a different approach, presenting a comprehensive overview of the exploration of our planetary system, with a focus on what we have found out about the planets, dwarf planets and moons of the solar system. This is the place to find out about the spacecraft that have contributed so much to our understanding of our planetary neighbours, providing a strongly practical, "how do you know that?" slant on planetary science. The book gives a general overview of the solar system, organized by planet, as well as covering the discovery of other planetary systems. ...... The book would make an excellent introduction to the planets, and the focus on exploration offers a different, less structured approach to an exciting and active research field, that will appeal to the interested non-specialist as well as students in the field." (Astronomy & Geophysics, April 2012)
"This is an excellent account of our present knowledge of the Solar System. The text is clearly written, and the full–colour illustrations are magnificent and each one has a substantial caption...I recommend it to all who know little or nothing about the Solar System." (The Observatory, March 2013)
"This textbook is right up to date, containing many recent results from our robotic emissaries currently exploring Venus, Mars and the Saturnian system, especially the astounding discoveries the Cassini–Huygens mission has made about the moons Titan and Enceladus." (BBC Sky At Night, June 2012)
"I highly recommend the accessible and very informative book Exploring the Solar System by Peter Bond, to undergraduate students in science or in non–science related fields, and anyone in the general public seeking an understandable yet comprehensive overview of the Solar System. This book provides the up-to-the-minute information about the Sun′s family that will enrich your understanding of science in general, and outer space in particular." (Blog Business Word, 31 March 2012)
"Sans aucun doute l'ouvrage actuel le plus complet et le plus sérieux sur notre système solaire. Les articles sont abondamment illustrés de schémas clairs et de photographies, les explications sont détaillées, les informations sont à jour et ont été revérifiées (et au besoin corrigées lors de la traduction française). Des origines du système solaires aux exoplanètes, tout est systématiquement et méticuleusement décrit, analysé et présenté à la lumière des découvertes les plus récentes.
"Le texte en lui-même s'adresse à un public doué de curiosité mais non spécialiste. N'importe qui, du collégien à l'universitaire peut se plonger dedans, soit dans l'ordre de lecture soit en piochant au hasard, ou bien comme référence ponctuelle sur un sujet précis. Les notions qui pourraient être difficile à assimiler sont présentées dans des encadrés didactiques et des questions synthétiques ponctuent chaque chapitre (questions dont les réponses figurent évidemment dans le chapitre en question).
"En somme, un ouvrage à posséder - et surtout à lire. Ce n'est pas un comte-rendu de l'état actuel de l'exploration du système solaire, C'EST une exploration du système solaire." (Amazon France)
Exploring the Solar System is an introductory text book for undergraduate students with a modest background in science. However, it is also intended to inform and inspire anyone who looks up at the night sky and wishes to know more about the alien worlds that inhabit our Solar System and circle distant Suns.
This major reference book, illustrated throughout in full colour, describes the small expanse of largely empty space that surrounds an ordinary star in the suburbs of the Milky Way galaxy. This region is populated by the Sun, eight planets, dozens of satellites and dwarf planets, and a multitude of smaller objects. It also compares the Solar System with the thousands of planetary systems now being discovered around distant stars.
14 chapters cover each of the planets, the Kuiper Belt, Solar System debris (comets, asteroids etc.), the Sun and the exciting new field of exoplanet studies. Questions at the end of each chapter have been added to help students to recognise and comprehend the main points of each chapter, and to compare each planetary system. A large reference section includes numerous appendices, an extensive reading list and a comprehensive glossary.
The 2nd Edition brings together the discoveries and advances in scientific understanding made during the last 60 years of solar and planetary exploration, using research conducted by the world's leading geoscientists, astronomers, and physicists. Exploring the Solar System, 2nd Edition is an ideal introduction for anyone interested in learning about our small corner of the Milky Way galaxy.
The book is accompanied by a companion website, which includes figures and tables from the book: www.wiley.com/go/Bond-Solar-System2e .
Find a free sample chapter of the 1st edition at www.wiley.com/buy/9781444351088 .
A foreign edition, translated by Nicolas Dupont-Blanc, was published by De Boeck in October 2014.
http://www.deboecksuperieur.com/ouvrage/9782804184964-lexploration-du-systeme-solaire
"Peter Bond's Exploring the Solar System takes a different approach, presenting a comprehensive overview of the exploration of our planetary system, with a focus on what we have found out about the planets, dwarf planets and moons of the solar system. This is the place to find out about the spacecraft that have contributed so much to our understanding of our planetary neighbours, providing a strongly practical, "how do you know that?" slant on planetary science. The book gives a general overview of the solar system, organized by planet, as well as covering the discovery of other planetary systems. ...... The book would make an excellent introduction to the planets, and the focus on exploration offers a different, less structured approach to an exciting and active research field, that will appeal to the interested non-specialist as well as students in the field." (Astronomy & Geophysics, April 2012)
"This is an excellent account of our present knowledge of the Solar System. The text is clearly written, and the full–colour illustrations are magnificent and each one has a substantial caption...I recommend it to all who know little or nothing about the Solar System." (The Observatory, March 2013)
"This textbook is right up to date, containing many recent results from our robotic emissaries currently exploring Venus, Mars and the Saturnian system, especially the astounding discoveries the Cassini–Huygens mission has made about the moons Titan and Enceladus." (BBC Sky At Night, June 2012)
"I highly recommend the accessible and very informative book Exploring the Solar System by Peter Bond, to undergraduate students in science or in non–science related fields, and anyone in the general public seeking an understandable yet comprehensive overview of the Solar System. This book provides the up-to-the-minute information about the Sun′s family that will enrich your understanding of science in general, and outer space in particular." (Blog Business Word, 31 March 2012)
"Sans aucun doute l'ouvrage actuel le plus complet et le plus sérieux sur notre système solaire. Les articles sont abondamment illustrés de schémas clairs et de photographies, les explications sont détaillées, les informations sont à jour et ont été revérifiées (et au besoin corrigées lors de la traduction française). Des origines du système solaires aux exoplanètes, tout est systématiquement et méticuleusement décrit, analysé et présenté à la lumière des découvertes les plus récentes.
"Le texte en lui-même s'adresse à un public doué de curiosité mais non spécialiste. N'importe qui, du collégien à l'universitaire peut se plonger dedans, soit dans l'ordre de lecture soit en piochant au hasard, ou bien comme référence ponctuelle sur un sujet précis. Les notions qui pourraient être difficile à assimiler sont présentées dans des encadrés didactiques et des questions synthétiques ponctuent chaque chapitre (questions dont les réponses figurent évidemment dans le chapitre en question).
"En somme, un ouvrage à posséder - et surtout à lire. Ce n'est pas un comte-rendu de l'état actuel de l'exploration du système solaire, C'EST une exploration du système solaire." (Amazon France)
