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.