Encyclopedia of the Solar System Author:Roger Smith An illustrated encyclopedia which includes some 140 extended essays on the solar system and deep-space astronomy, arranging them alphabetically from Antimatter and Asteroids through White Dwarf Stars and X-Ray Astronomy. Entries cover not only the traditional subjects on which astronomers and physicists are more or less agreed but also the resul... more »ts of the latest research and discoveries: Brown Dwarf Stars, Extra-Solar Planets, and Quantum Cosmology.
Essays are divided into various sections. Top matter lists the topic and its primary field(s) of study; an overview defines the topic and its importance; following this primary information is a section identifying applications, methods of study, or knowledge gained. The final section, context, places the topic in historical and scientific perspective.« less