Exploring Space, Exploring Earth - New Understanding of the Earth from Space Research (Hardcover)

This book describes the impact of space flight on geology and geophysics, beginning with a foreword by Neil Armstrong, which illustrates how the exploration of space has lead us to a far deeper understanding of our own planet. Direct results from Earth-orbital missions include studies of Earth's gravity and magnetic fields. In contrast, the recognition of the economic and biological significance of impact craters on Earth is an indirect consequence of the study of the geology of other planets. The final chapter presents a new theory for the tectonic evolution of the Earth based on comparative planetology and the Gaia concept.

General

Imprint:	Cambridge UniversityPress
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	August 2002
First published:	2002
Authors:	Paul D. Lowman Jr.
Foreword by:	Neil A. Armstrong
Dimensions:	255 x 181 x 26mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	408
ISBN-13:	978-0-521-66125-6
Categories:	Books > Science & Mathematics > Physics > Applied physics & special topics > Geophysics
LSN:	0-521-66125-0
Barcode:	9780521661256

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