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The 50 Most Extreme Places in Our Solar System
David Baker, Todd Ratcliff
Belknap Press
September 2010
On Sale: September 1, 2010
304 pages
ISBN: 0674049985
EAN: 9780674049987
Hardcover
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The extreme events that we hear about daily—hurricanes,
earthquakes, tsunamis, and volcanic eruptions—are extreme in
purely human terms, in the devastation they do. But this
book moves our understanding of the extreme into
extraterrestrial dimensions and gives us an awe-inspiring
sense of what our solar system at its utmost can do. Martian
dust devils taller than Mount Everest. A hurricane that
lasts over 340 years. Volcanoes with “lava” colder than
Antarctica. Hail made of diamonds. Here, as the authors say,
the “WOW” factor is restored to our understanding of
scientific discovery, as we witness the grandeur and the
weirdness that inspire researchers to dig deeper and go ever
farther into the mysteries of the universe. The 50 Most Extreme Places in Our Solar System combines a
fascination with natural disasters and the mesmerizing
allure of outer space to take readers on a journey that will
forever change the way they view our solar system. Full of
dazzling photographs from NASA’s most recent observations,
this book explores extreme regions on Earth and beyond—giant
turbulent storms, explosive volcanoes, and the possibility
of life surviving in harsh conditions. More than a collection of facts, the book conveys the
dynamism of science as a process of exploration and
discovery. As they amuse and entertain, David Baker and Todd
Ratcliff, two experts in planetary science, highlight recent
developments and unresolved mysteries and strive, at every
turn, to answer that important scientific question: “Why?”
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