Exploring planetary climate : a history of scientific discovery on Earth, Mars, Venus, and Titan

Exploring planetary climate : a history of scientific discovery on Earth, Mars, Venus, and Titan / Ralph D. Lorenz (John Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory).

Author/creator	Lorenz, Ralph, 1969- author.
Format	Book and Print
Publication Info	Cambridge ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, [2019]
Description	xii, 320 pages : illustrations, maps ; 26 cm
Subject(s)	Planets--Atmospheres. Climatology. Mars (Planet)--Atmosphere. Venus (Planet)--Atmosphere. Titan (Satellite)--Atmosphere. Earth (Planet)

Contents	Foreword / by Ellen R. Stofan, Former NASA Chief Scientist -- Preface -- 1. The age of wonder : learning the earth, oceans and sky : 440 BC to ~1760 -- 2. Planets and greenhouses : 1760 to ~1870 -- 3. The age of numbers : calculation of planetary climates : 1870 to ~1930 -- 4. Feeling the heat : 1920 to 1963 -- 5. First contact : the dawn of planetary exploration : 1960 to 1979 -- 6. Return of the ice : 1975 to 1989 -- 7. Mars attracts : 1990 to 2000 -- 8. A new millennium : 1994 to 2004 -- 9. Dune worlds : 2004 to 2012 -- 10. Looking ahead : 2012 to 2020 -- 11. Worlds beyond : exoplanet climate -- 12. Conclusions.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliography (pages 281-311) and index.
LCCN	2018048834
ISBN	9781108471541 (hardback : alk. paper)
ISBN	1108471544 (hardback : alk. paper)
Standard identifier#	40028910410

Library	Location	Call Number	Status	Item Actions
Joyner	General Stacks	QB603 .A85 L67 2019	✔ Available	Place Hold