The Evening Star. Venus Observed - Softcover

Cooper, Henry-S-F Jr

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ISBN 10: 0801849349 ISBN 13: 9780801849343

Verlag: The Johns Hopkins University Press, 1994

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"Much more is observed than Venus in 'The Evening Star,' a smoothly written account of the Magellan spacecraft...Mr. Cooper is able to convey the sense of excitement felt by the engineers and scientists. But the star of the story is definitely Venus."--'New York Times'

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In size, density, and composition, Venus is almost identical to Earth, yet its nature and history turn out to be as different as close relatives sometimes can be. In "The Evening Star" Henry S.F. Cooper, Jr., veteran science and space reporter for the "New Yorker", tracks the Magellan spacecraft that has been mapping Venus from orbit since August 1990. Cooper introduces us to the engineers who have nursed the spacecraft's fragile electronics and the scientists who have used the spacecraft's data to assemble a picture of this strange world. A narrative of the people who do science and challenges that confront them, "The Evening Star" is a portrait not only of Venus's character but of Earth's as well, and of the place of the two siblings in the family of planets.

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• Verlag: The Johns Hopkins University Press
• Erscheinungsdatum: 1994
• ISBN 10: 0801849349
• ISBN 13: 9780801849343
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Anzahl der Seiten: 300