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Our Beautiful Moon and its Mysterious Magnetism

A Long Voyage of Discovery

Mike Fuller author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Springer International Publishing AG

Published:2nd Oct '13

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This book is a summary of the history of discovering the moon. The author has been involved in the Apollo program, working with its samples and this book covers these efforts. It describes the analysis methods of lunar samples and their interpretation to understand lunar paleomagnetism. The book has adopted an historical approach throughout, tracing the development of the ideas of the Earth-moon system, of the birth of the space age, of paleomagnetism and finally of lunar magnetism and its evidence for an early lunar dynamo.

From the reviews:

“This very readable work, part of the ‘SpringerBriefs in Earth Sciences’ series, traces the history of geologic understanding of the moon, with a particular focus on magnetism. … The book has merit in documenting and summarizing this history, and might serve as a reading assignment for an upper-level seminar. Figure quality is functional. Summing Up: Recommended. Upper-division undergraduates through professionals/practitioners.” (I. D. Sasowsky, Choice, Vol. 51 (10), June, 2

ISBN: 9783319002774

Dimensions: unknown

Weight: 2292g

130 pages

2014 ed.