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Paul D. Lowman Jr - Exploring Space, Exploring Earth: New Understanding of the Earth from Space Research - 9780521661256 - V9780521661256
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Exploring Space, Exploring Earth: New Understanding of the Earth from Space Research

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Description for Exploring Space, Exploring Earth: New Understanding of the Earth from Space Research Hardcover. Account of the impact of space exploration on our understanding of the geology and geophysics of Earth. Num Pages: 382 pages, 114 b/w illus. 27 colour illus. 6 tables. BIC Classification: PHVG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 228 x 152 x 26. Weight in Grams: 1007.
Paul Lowman, a NASA scientist for over 40 years, describes the impact of space flight on geology and geophysics. A foreword by Neil Armstrong emphasizes that the exploration of space has lead us to a far deeper understanding of our own planet. Direct results from Earth-orbital missions include studies of Earth's gravity and magnetic fields. In contrast, the recognition of the economic and biological significance of impact craters on Earth is an indirect consequence of the study of the geology of other planets. The final chapter presents a new theory for the tectonic evolution of the Earth based on comparative planetology and the Gaia concept. Extensive illustrations, a glossary of technical terms, and comprehensive bibliography, provide geologists and geophysicists with a valuable summary of research. The book will also serve as a supplementary text for students of tectonics, remote sensing and planetary science.

Product Details

Publisher
Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
382
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Condition
New
Weight
1006g
Number of Pages
408
Place of Publication
Cambridge, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780521661256
SKU
V9780521661256
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 4 to 8 working days
Ref
99-1

About Paul D. Lowman Jr
Paul Lowman has been involved in a wide range of space research programs at the Goddard Space Flight Center. In 1963–4 he took part in planning for the Apollo missions. He was Principal Investigator for Synoptic Terrain Photography on the Mercury, Gemini, and Apollo earth orbital missions, an experiment that laid the foundation for Landsat. Between 1965 and 1970 he taught lunar geology at the University of California, Catholic University of America, Washington DC, and the Air Force Institute of Technology. Dr Lowman was also involved with the Mariner 9 Mars mission, the Apollo X-ray fluorescence experiment and Apollo 11 and 12 sample analysis among others. His main research interest was and still is the origin of continental crust, as approached through comparative planetology. In 1974, Dr Lowman received the Lindsay Award from the Goddard Space Flight Center. He was elected a Fellow of the Geological Society of America in 1975, and of the Geological Society of Canada in 1988. Drawing on his dual career in terrestrial and lunar geology, he authored Space Panorama (1968), Lunar Panorama (1970), and The Third Planet (1972). He also contributed to Mission to Earth (1976), the first NASA compilation of Landsat pictures edited by N. M. Short.

Reviews for Exploring Space, Exploring Earth: New Understanding of the Earth from Space Research
'OU students of Earth Sciences will find this an interesting and stimulating read.' The Open University Geological Society Journal '… a well researched, well illustrated and a well referenced book … I believe that the book is guaranteed to start the serious geologist looking at traditional ideas and concepts in a slightly different light.' Open University Geological Society Journal

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