Higher than Everest
Higher than Everest
$69.00
USDTired of exploring planet Earth? Have you ever imagined what it would be like to explore the Moon? Ever wonder about the topography of Mars? In this unique guidebook all of your extraterrestrial wanderlust can be fulfilled as Paul Hodge takes you on a virtual tour of the most spectacular sites in the Solar System. Hodge includes the latest information about the Solar System into his vivid descriptions of imaginary, challenging expeditions. Imagine:
<LI> Descending into a fabulous canyon on Mars, one that dwarfs the Earth's Grand Canyon;
<LI> Trekking up Venus' precipitous and scorching Mt. Maxwell;
<LI> Journeying through the snows of Saturn's rings and the incredibly high, icy cliff of Miranda, the moon closest to Uranus.
A compelling, extensively illustrated introduction to such otherworldly environments, Higher than Everest makes you believe that someday these adventures may actually take place.
Paul Hodge is Professor of Astronomy at the University of Washington, Seattle, and Editor-in-Chief of the Astronomical Journal. Higher than Everest is based on a popular undergraduate course on the planets that he has taught for many years. Hodge's research has spanned from interplanetary dust to the extragalactic distance scale and currently includes star-formation and galactic evolution, using the Hubble Space Telescope to investigate nearby galaxies. He has written several books, most recently Meteorite Craters and Impact Structures of the Earth (Cambridge 1994).
- Over 100 spectacular full colour illustrations: including close-ups of planetary features
- Interesting Solar System facts, disguised as guides to adventures on other planets
- Written in a highly readable informal style, by a Solar System expert
Reviews & endorsements
"Higher Than Everest is the kind of book that will appeal to armchair alpinists everywhere, and one that sets the standard for twenty-second-century aficionados of extreme sports....Compared with Mars, journeys to the outer Solar System are technically challenging and fraught with uncertainty. But despite this, Hodge leaves the reader feeling that one day they might just happen....the scope of this study is impressive, and this well-researched book deserves a place on the bookshelf of anyone interested in the Solar System and its origins." Nature, Jan. 2002
"There are amny good introductory books available for understanding comparative planetology. Higher Than Everest is one of them. This volume is a well-written, enjoyable, and innovative treatment of basic facts about the bodies in the solar system, presented in a fashion somewhat different from the normal treatment of the topic." Science Books & Films
"Higher than Everest is a fun idea well executed and full of fascinating tidbits that will leave you wishing you could go to these exotic locations tomorrow!" TPO
"Paul Hodge...has produced a rare phenomenon...a book about science that is incisive and completely fun." Asheville Citizen-Times
Product details
August 2001Hardback
9780521651332
256 pages
253 × 197 × 24 mm
0.898kg
9 b/w illus. 105 colour illus.
Temporarily unavailable - available from TBC
Table of Contents
- Preface
- 1. Higher than Everest
- 2. Higher than that? - Other high peaks of Mars
- 3. Descent into the Martian deep
- 4. The cliffs of coprates
- 5. A polar crossing
- 6. The other Alps - climbing Mt. Blanc
- 7. Pico peak - Monadnock of the moon
- 8. The great Copernicus traverse
- 9. Maxwell, mountains of mystery
- 10. Volcanoes of Venus
- 11. The cliff of discovery
- 12. Descent into the maelstrom
- 13. An Ionian adventure
- 14. Mountain climbing in pizzaland
- 15. Under the frozen sea
- 16. Snowboarding through Saturn's rings
- 17. Titan's tarry seas
- 18. Climbing the cliff of Miranda
- 19. The Yellowstone of the solar system
- 20. All nine.
