Gerard P. Kuiper and the Rise of Modern Planetary Science

by Derek W. G. Sears and Derek W.G. Sears

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Astronomer Gerard P. Kuiper ignored the traditional boundaries of his subject. Using telescopes and the laboratory, he made the solar system a familiar, intriguing place. "It is not astronomy," complained his colleagues, and they were right. Kuiper had created a new discipline we now call planetary science.

Kuiper was an acclaimed astronomer of binary stars and white dwarfs when he accidentally discovered that Titan, the massive moon of Saturn,...

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:0816539006

ISBN13:9780816539000

Release Date:March 2019

Publisher:University of Arizona Press

Length:368 Pages

Weight:1.45 lbs.

Dimensions:1.1" x 6.0" x 9.1"

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