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From dust to life : the origin and evolution of our solar system /

Chambers, John,

From dust to life : the origin and evolution of our solar system / John Chambers and Jacqueline Mitton. - xvi, 299 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (pages [291]-292) and index.

Cosmic archaeology -- Discovering the solar system -- An evolving solar system -- The question of timing -- Meteorites -- Cosmic chemistry -- A star is born -- Nursery for planets -- Worlds of rock and metal -- The making of the moon -- Earth, cradle of life -- worlds of gas and ice -- What happened to the asteroid belt? -- The outermost solar system -- Paradigms, problems, and predictions.

9780691145228 (hbk.) : 0691145229 (hbk.)

2013944898

GBB387026 bnb


Interplanetary dust.


Solar system--Origin.

QB791 / .C43 2014

523.2

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