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| Material Type: | Internet resource |
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| Document Type: | Book, Internet Resource |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Rosaly M C Lopes; Michael W Carroll |
| ISBN: | 9780801886737 0801886732 |
| OCLC Number: | 163593899 |
| Description: | xv, 150 p. : ill. (chiefly col.) ; 29 cm. |
| Contents: | Volcanoes in history -- Volcanic personalities -- Earthlike worlds -- Volcanoes on dead worlds -- A visit to Dante's inferno -- Cryovolcanism in the outer solar system: Europa, Ganymede, and Titan -- Smoking guns Triton and Enceladus -- Space, volcanoes and culture. |
| Responsibility: | Rosaly M.C. Lopes and Michael W. Carroll ; with illustrations by Michael W. Carroll ; foreword by Arthur C. Clarke. |
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This is an attractive coffee-table book that serves as an ideal taster for all budding volcanologists with an appreciation for the exotic, and is also a great conversation point for everyone else. Physics World 2008 With an accessible, inviting presentation and excellent photographs and illustrations, Alien Volcanoes is quite an easy book to read. Choice 2008 Offers a well-illustrated roundup of volcanic activity on the moons and planets of our solar system. -- George M. Eberhart College and Research Libraries 2008 The book has a wonderful and easy to follow writing style that, whilst covering quite complex topics, does not leave the average reader out in the cold, and possesses a flair almost like reading a novel... Thoroughly recommended. -- Nick Howes Astronomy Now 2008 The search for alien life has so far come up dry, but the search for alien volcanic activity is another story. In Alien Volcanoes, planetary scientist Rosaly Lopes and space artist and writer Michael Carroll take readers on a journey through space and time. Earth 2008 Alien Volcanoes advances our knowledge of volcanoes on other heavenly bodies and describes how we might better predict the impact of future eruptions. Spaceflight 2009 All of these features are documented in this entertaining and informative book, at least half of which is taken up by high-quality illustrations... an equal mix of education and entertainment for all, much to be recommended. -- Lionel Wilson The Observatory 2009 This is an attractive and very well-illustrated coffee-table book, containing many imaginative and well-executed paintings by the second author. With humans' near-fatal attraction to volcanoes, and given its lucid text and visual impact, Alien Volcanoes is certain to have wide appeal. Journal of the British Astronomical Association Read more...
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