Exploring planetary climate : a history of scientific discovery on Earth, Mars, Venus, and Titan / Ralph D. Lorenz (John Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory).
| Author/creator | Lorenz, Ralph, 1969- author. |
| Format | Book |
| Publication | Cambridge ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, [2019] |
| Description | xii, 320 pages : illustrations, maps ; 26 cm |
| Subjects |
| Contents | Foreword / by Ellen R. Stofan, Former NASA Chief Scientist -- Preface -- 1. The age of wonder : learning the earth, oceans and sky : 440 BC to ~1760 -- 2. Planets and greenhouses : 1760 to ~1870 -- 3. The age of numbers : calculation of planetary climates : 1870 to ~1930 -- 4. Feeling the heat : 1920 to 1963 -- 5. First contact : the dawn of planetary exploration : 1960 to 1979 -- 6. Return of the ice : 1975 to 1989 -- 7. Mars attracts : 1990 to 2000 -- 8. A new millennium : 1994 to 2004 -- 9. Dune worlds : 2004 to 2012 -- 10. Looking ahead : 2012 to 2020 -- 11. Worlds beyond : exoplanet climate -- 12. Conclusions. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliography (pages 281-311) and index. |
| LCCN | 2018048834 |
| ISBN | 9781108471541 (hardback : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 1108471544 (hardback : alk. paper) |
| Standard identifier# | 40028910410 |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
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| Joyner | General Stacks | QB603 .A85 L67 2019 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |