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The big splat, or, How our moon came to be
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The big splat, or, How our moon came to be

Author: Dana Mackenzie
Publisher: Hoboken, N.J. : John Wiley & Sons, ©2003.
Edition/Format:   Book : EnglishView all editions and formats
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Tells the story of how lunar scientists finally arrived at a theory of the Moon's origin that reconciled with the evidence gathered by the Apollo astronauts.
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Material Type: Internet resource
Document Type: Book, Internet Resource
All Authors / Contributors: Dana Mackenzie
ISBN: 0471150576 9780471150572
OCLC Number: 52129583
Description: v, 232 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Contents: Highly practical stone --
Stone star --
Kepler laughed --
Clockwork solar system --
Daughter moon --
Captive moon --
Sister moon --
Renaissance and controversy --
"Little science on the moon" --
When worlds collide --
Kona consensus --
Introducing Theia.
Other Titles: Big splat
How our moon came to be
Responsibility: Dana Mackenzie.
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The first popular book to explain the dramatic theory behind the Moon's genesis This lively science history relates one of the great recent breakthroughs in planetary astronomy-a successful theory of  Read more...

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Dana Mackenzie reveals the truth (The Mail on Sunday, 30 March 2003) "...this is a most useful and interesting book (New Scientist, 7 June 2003) "A most useful and interesting book."(Patrick Moore in Read more...

 
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