Exploring Planetary Climate A History of Scientific Discovery on Earth, Mars, Venus, and Titan

This book chronicles the history of climate science and planetary exploration, focusing on our ever-expanding knowledge of Earth's climate, and the parallel research underway on some of our nearest neighbours: Mars, Venus and Titan. From early telescopic observation of clouds and ice caps on planetary bodies in the seventeenth century, to the dawn of the space age and the first robotic planetary explorers, the book presents a comprehensive chronological overview of planetary climate research, right up to the dramatic recent developments in detecting and characterising exoplanets. Meanwhile, the book also documents the discoveries about our own climate on Earth, not only about how it works today, but also how profoundly different it has been in the past. Highly topical and written in an accessible and engaging narrative style, this book provides invaluable historical context for students, researchers, professional scientists, and those with a general interest in planetary climate research.

ISBN:	9781108471541
Publisher:	Cambridge University Press
Imprint:	Cambridge University Press
Published date:	03 Jan 2019
DEWEY:	551.509992
DEWEY edition:	23
Language:	English
Number of pages:	xii, 320
Weight:	796g
Height:	182mm
Width:	252mm
Spine width:	16mm

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