Faure, Gunter <br/><br/>
Introduction to planetary science: the planetary science/ 
Gunter Faure and Teresa M. Mensingh. 
 - 1st ed. 
 - Netherland:  Springer,  2007. 
 - xx, 526 p. :  ill. ;  28 cm. 
<br/><br/>1. The urge to explore<br/>2. From speculation to understanding<br/>3. The planets of the solar system<br/>4. Life and death of stars<br/>5. Origin of the solar system<br/>6. The earth: model of planetary evolution<br/>7. The clockwork of the solar system<br/>8. Meteorites and impact craters<br/>9. The Earth-Moon system<br/>10. Mercury: too hot for comfort<br/>11. Venus: planetary evolution gone bad<br/>12. Mars: the little planet that could<br/>13. Asteroids: shattered worlds<br/>14. Jupiter: heavy-weight champion<br/>15. Galilean satellites: jewels of the solar system<br/>16. Saturn: the beauty of rings<br/>17. Titan: an ancient world in deep freeze<br/>18. Uranus: what happened here? <br/>19. Neptune: more surprises<br/>20. Pluto and Charon: the odd couple<br/>21. Ice worlds at the outer limit<br/>22. Comets: coming inside from the cold<br/>23. Earth: the cradle of humans<br/>24. Brown-dwarf stars and extrasolar planets 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781402052330 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Planets--Geology--Astrogeology	<br/>Solar system--Mineralogy
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>551  / FAU/