The Cambridge Guide to the Solar System (2nd edition)

This is a remarkable book in the excellence of its writing and illustrations. The author, who is a Professor of Astronomy at Tufts University in Massachusetts, USA, has brought the knowledge of the solar system right up‐to‐date. Information is enhanced by the most recent series of exploratory missions into space. Although written for high school and undergraduate studies, this book must surely be the most comprehensive and understandable compilation of knowledge to date about the Sun, its planets and their moons. Notably, the wealth of facts and figures, backed up by excellent photographs and diagrams, remain in eminently readable form....