{"product_id":"the-planets-david-mcnab-9780300080445","title":"The Planets","description":"During the last forty years, human beings have broken free of the Earth and ventured out to other worlds orbiting the Sun. We have visited every planet except Pluto, discovered dozens of new moons in orbit around other planets, and put to rest myths and fantasies that have been accepted for centuries. This magnificent book chronicles our planetary travels, explains the creation and evolution of each planet, and tells how our understanding of the solar system has developed from the first stargazers in ancient times to Galileo to the present.\u003cbr\u003eIn an engaging narrative that draws on interviews with U.S. and Soviet scientists and astronauts, state-of-the-art computer graphics, and space race archives, David McNab and James Younger reveal the wonders of the planets. With the help of striking pictures from the \u003ci\u003eApollo, Voyager, Pioneer, \u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eViking\u003c\/i\u003e space missions, the authors describe planetary marvels: volcanoes three times the size of Mount Everest, worlds with seas of methane, rivers of lava longer than the Nile, clouds of sulfuric acid, and frosts of pure shining metal. They also investigate the possibilities of life elsewhere in the solar system, present a new perspective on the Sun and on Earth's atmosphere, and speculate about the evolution of the solar system over the next five billion years--to what may be its death.\u003cbr\u003eThe book, which is a companion volume to a highly regarded, eight-part Arts and Entertainment television series, invites us on an amazing adventure, one that will stretch the imagination to its limit. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eCopublished with BBC Worldwide\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e David McNab,James Younger\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0300080441\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780300080445\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Yale University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/11\/1999\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 240\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 2.80lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 11.29h x 10.11w x 0.78d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/01\/1999 pg. 50\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBeyond the Cover Author Interv\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/01\/1999 pg. 3\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eSchool Library Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/01\/2000 pg. 176\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eUniv PR Books for Public Libry\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/01\/2000 pg. 50 - Outstanding","brand":"David McNab","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48447611371775,"sku":"9780300080445","price":50.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_5634c0c7-f097-4840-81dc-d814f471c292.jpg?v=1777233848","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-planets-david-mcnab-9780300080445","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}