Title:
Fire and ice : volcanoes of the solar system
Author:
ISBN:
9781472960368
Physical Description:
320 pages, 8 pages of unnumbered plates : color illustrations ; 22 cm
General Note:
Includes index.
Contents:
Destruction -- Making a magma -- Construction -- Creating a life-giving world -- Peering in -- Warming up -- Cooling off -- Fiery moons -- Fiery planets -- Ice worlds -- What next?
Summary:
"Fire and Ice is an exploration of the Solar System's volcanoes, from the highest peaks of Mars to the intensely inhospitable surface of Venus and the red-hot summits of Io, to the coldest, seemingly dormant icy carapaces of Enceladus and Europa, an unusual look at how these cosmic features are made, and whether such active planetary systems might host life."--Amazon.com.
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