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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
Astrophysics of planet formation Astrophysics of planet formation Philip J. Armitage "The study of planet formation has been revolutionized by recent observational breakthroughs, which have allowed the detection and characterization of extrasolar planets, the imaging of protoplanetar… OL15316279W
Planetary Systems Detection Formation And Habitability Of Extrasolar Planets Planetary Systems Detection Formation And Habitability Of Extrasolar Planets M. Ollivier "Over the past ten years, the discovery of extrasolar planets has opened a new field of astronomy, and this area of research is rapidly growing, from both the observational and theoretical point of v… OL17375883W
Tycho & Kepler Tycho & Kepler Kitty Ferguson "On his deathbed in 1601, the Danish nobleman and greatest naked-eye astronomer, Tycho Brahe, begged his young colleague, Johannes Kepler, "Let me not seem to have lived in vain." For more than thirt… OL175506W
The Neptune File The Neptune File Tom Standage A Story of Astronomical Rivalry and the Pioneers of Planet HuntingThe Neptune File is the first full account of the dramatic events surrounding the eighth planet’s discovery, and the story of two rem… OL1906742W
Simplicius on the planets and their motions Simplicius on the planets and their motions Alan C. Bowen "Though the digression closing Simplicius' commentary on Aristotle's De caelo 2.12 has long been misread as a history of early Greek planetary theory, it is in fact a creative reading of Aristotle to… OL19902169W