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The planets

The Sun's family of planets becomes a familiar place in this guided tour of other worlds, Dava Sobel explores the origins and oddities of the planets through the lens of popular culture, from astrology, mythology, and science fiction to art, music, poetry, biography, and history. Whether revealing what lies behind Venus's cocoon of acid clouds or capturing firsthand the excitement at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory when pictures from Cassini at Saturn are beamed to Earth, this intimate account is filled with fascination, beauty, and surprise.

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  • "Qi ti he chen ai wei yin fu, ci li wei jie pai, xing xing de sheng ming jie he bei yi wang de yu zhou jie zou, pu cheng yi shou shou shen hua . yin yue . wen xue . di li . zhan xing zhi ge"
  • "氣體和塵埃為音符, 磁力為節拍, 行星的生命結合被遺忘的宇宙節奏, 譜成一首首神話,音樂,文學,地理,占星之歌"

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  • "The Sun's family of planets becomes a familiar place in this guided tour of other worlds, Dava Sobel explores the origins and oddities of the planets through the lens of popular culture, from astrology, mythology, and science fiction to art, music, poetry, biography, and history. Whether revealing what lies behind Venus's cocoon of acid clouds or capturing firsthand the excitement at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory when pictures from Cassini at Saturn are beamed to Earth, this intimate account is filled with fascination, beauty, and surprise."@en
  • "Explores the creation and evolution of the solar system's planets through a lens of popular culture, drawing on sources from astrology, science fiction, the fine arts, and other genres to chronicle planetary history in an accessible format."
  • ""This groundbreaking new work from Dava Sobel, author of the bestselling Longitude, tells the story of each member of our solar family, from myth and history, astrology and science fiction, to the latest data from the modern era's robotic space probes."--Jacket."@en
  • "The sun's family of planets become a familiar place in this personal account of the lives of other worlds. With her gift for weaving difficult scientific concepts into a compelling story, Sobel explores the planets' origins and oddities through the lens of popular culture, from astrology, mythology, and science fiction to art, music, poetry, biography, and history.--From publisher description."@en
  • "The sun's family of planets become a familiar place in this personal account of the lives of other worlds. With her gift for weaving difficult scientific concepts into a compelling story, Sobel explores the planets' origins and oddities through the lens of popular culture, from astrology, mythology, and science fiction to art, music, poetry, biography, and history.--From publisher description."
  • "In lyrical prose THE PLANETS gives a breathtaking, close-up perspective on those heavenly bodies that have captured the imagination of humanity since that first glimpse at the glittering night skies. This is an extraordinary book of science, history, biography and storytelling. Timely and timeless, THE PLANETS will engage and delight as it unravels the mysteries of the cosmos."@en
  • "THE PLANETS is Dava Sobel's sweeping look at our heavenly galaxy. In the spirit of Longitude and Galileo's Daughter, Sobel once again brings science and history deftly to life as she explores the origins of the planets and reveals the exotic environments that exist in each of these fascinating alien worlds."

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  • "Electronic books"
  • "Electronic books"@en
  • "Einführung"
  • "Large type books"@en

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  • "Kokhve ha-lekhet"
  • "כוכבי הלכת"
  • "The planets"
  • "The planets"@en
  • "行星絮語 : 氣體和塵埃為音符, 磁力為節拍, 行星的生命結合被遺忘的宇宙節奏, 譜成一首首神話,音樂,文學,地理,占星之歌"
  • "Os planetas"@pt
  • "เดอะ แพลเนต : ประัวิต่ยอของดวงดาว"
  • "Els planetes"
  • "Els Planetes"@ca
  • "Los planetas"@es
  • "Planets"
  • "The Planets"
  • "The Planets"@en
  • "Los Planetas"
  • "Xing xing xu yu : qi ti he chen ai wei yin fu, ci li wei jie pai, xing xing de sheng ming jie he bei yi wang de yu zhou jie zou, pu cheng yi shou shou shen hua . yin yue . wen xue . di li . zhan xing zhi ge"
  • "Die Planeten"
  • "Dœ phlǣnet : prawat yō̜ khō̜ng dūangdāo"@th
  • "De planeten"

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