Overview
- Contains in one handy volume, for the first time, all the latest data and background information on gas giant planets.- Clearly explains all specialist terms used when they are first introduced, especially helpful for undergraduate students.- Details the current state of knowledge of the atmospheres, composition and structure of giant planets.- Highlights most recent observations of giant planets obtained by ground-based telescopes and space missions, both ongoing and planned.- Discussed the pros and cons of ground- versus space-based observations of giant planets
Part of the book series: Springer Praxis Books (PRAXIS)
Part of the book sub series: Geophysical Sciences (GEOPHYS)
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Table of contents (7 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
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Reviews
From the reviews:
"Irwin […] has done an outstanding job of presenting material geared to upper-division undergraduates and beginning graduate students." (J.R. Kraus (University of Denver), Choice Feb. 2004)
"The intended readers are senior students in physics or astronomy or graduate students in space sciences. The author certainly meets the expectations of such a reader and those of a potential lecturer on planetary science. The book contains both enough introductory and advanced materials to satisfy both the reader and the lecturer. … The book contains many useful tables with numerous relative to the giant planets, many nice black and white figures and photographs, and six pages of very attractive color photographs." (Fernande Grandjean, Physicalia Magazine, Vol. 29 (2), 2007)
"This book meets a long-standing need for a textbook of the atmospheric physics and chemistry of … giant planets. … a guide that makes the field more accessible is particularly welcome. … aimed at final-year undergraduates and graduate students, it assumes more physics and mathematics than most BAA members will have (to the level of vector calculus), but it is also a good reference work. … the point of a textbook is to give the basis for understanding new developments, and this one succeeds admirably." (John H. Rogers, Journal of British Astronomy Association, Vol. 116 (5), 2006)
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Giant Planets of Our Solar System
Book Subtitle: An Introduction
Authors: Patrick G. J. Irwin
Series Title: Springer Praxis Books
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-37713-1
Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg
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eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive
Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2003
eBook ISBN: 978-3-540-37713-9Published: 29 August 2006
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXV, 320
Additional Information: Jointly published with Praxis Publishing, UK.
Topics: Geophysics/Geodesy, Space Sciences (including Extraterrestrial Physics, Space Exploration and Astronautics)