Our Beautiful Moon and its Mysterious Magnetism A Long Voyage of Discovery /

• Κύριος συγγραφέας: Fuller, Mike (Συγγραφέας)
• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2014.
• Σειρά: SpringerBriefs in Earth Sciences,
• Θέματα: Earth sciences.; Geophysics.; Planetology.; Popular works.; Earth Sciences.; Geophysics/Geodesy.; Popular Science, general.

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...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• 1. The Moon in antiquity and in the development of modern science
• 2. Modern and lunar science and geoscience before the Apollo Landings
• 3. The birth of the space age and unmanned missions to the moon
• 4. Apollo: Getting to the moon
• 5. Advances in lunar science with Apollo
• 6. The Earth's magnetism – paleomagnetism as a rosetta stone for earth history
• 7, Lunar paleomagnetism – methods and  preliminaries
• 8. Impact related shock on the lunar surface and the lunar paleomagnetic record
• 9. Lunar paleomagnetism and the case for an early lunar dynamo
• 10. Lunar magnetism in the grand scheme of lunar history.