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From dust to life: the origin and evolution of our solar system

The birth and evolution of our solar system is a tantalizing mystery that may one day provide answers to the question of human origins. This book tells the remarkable story of how the celestial objects that make up the solar system arose from common beginnings billions of years ago, and how scientis...

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Autores principales: Chambers, John, Mitton, Jacqueline
Lenguaje:eng
Publicado: Princeton University Press 2017
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Acceso en línea:http://cds.cern.ch/record/2261675
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description The birth and evolution of our solar system is a tantalizing mystery that may one day provide answers to the question of human origins. This book tells the remarkable story of how the celestial objects that make up the solar system arose from common beginnings billions of years ago, and how scientists and philosophers have sought to unravel this mystery down through the centuries, piecing together the clues that enabled them to deduce the solar system's layout, its age, and the most likely way it formed. Drawing on the history of astronomy and the latest findings in astrophysics and the pla
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spelling cern-22616752021-04-21T19:15:39Zhttp://cds.cern.ch/record/2261675engChambers, JohnMitton, JacquelineFrom dust to life: the origin and evolution of our solar systemAstrophysics and AstronomyThe birth and evolution of our solar system is a tantalizing mystery that may one day provide answers to the question of human origins. This book tells the remarkable story of how the celestial objects that make up the solar system arose from common beginnings billions of years ago, and how scientists and philosophers have sought to unravel this mystery down through the centuries, piecing together the clues that enabled them to deduce the solar system's layout, its age, and the most likely way it formed. Drawing on the history of astronomy and the latest findings in astrophysics and the plaPrinceton University Pressoai:cds.cern.ch:22616752017-05-02
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From dust to life: the origin and evolution of our solar system
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