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| Additional Physical Format: | Online version: Sobel, Dava. Planets. New York : Viking, 2005 (OCoLC)623236884 |
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| Material Type: | Internet resource |
| Document Type: | Book, Internet Resource |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Dava Sobel |
| ISBN: | 0670034460 9780670034468 |
| OCLC Number: | 59098834 |
| Description: | 270 p. ; 22 cm. |
| Contents: | Model worlds (Overview) -- Genesis (The sun) -- Mythology (Mercury) -- Beauty (Venus) -- Geography (Earth) -- Lunacy (The moon) -- Sci-fi (Mars) -- Astrology (Jupiter) -- Music of the spheres (Saturn) -- Night air (Uranus and Neptune) -- UFO (Pluto) -- Planeteers (Coda). |
| Responsibility: | by Dava Sobel. |
| More information: |
Abstract:
The sun's family of planets become a familiar place in this personal account of the lives of other worlds. With her gift for weaving difficult scientific concepts into a compelling story, Sobel explores the planets' origins and oddities through the lens of popular culture, from astrology, mythology, and science fiction to art, music, poetry, biography, and history.--From publisher description.
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