Full Product Details
Author: Rosaly M. C. Lopes ,
Michael W. Carroll ,
Michael W. Carroll ,
Arthur C. Clarke
Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
Imprint: Johns Hopkins University Press
Dimensions:
Width: 21.00cm
, Height: 2.00cm
, Length: 28.00cm
Weight: 1.066kg
ISBN: 9780801886737
ISBN 10: 0801886732
Pages: 176
Publication Date: 01 May 2008
Recommended Age: From 18
Audience:
General/trade
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Adult education
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General
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Further / Higher Education
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: In Print
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Reviews
Michael Carroll and Rosaly Lopes have pooled their extensive knowledge and unlimited imagination to bring the volcanic vistas of other worlds to life in these pages, in all the colors of fire and ice. - Dava Sobel, author of Longitude
This is an attractive coffee-table book that serves as an ideal taster for all budding volcanologists with an appreciation for the exotic, and is also a great conversation point for everyone else. Physics World 2008 With an accessible, inviting presentation and excellent photographs and illustrations, Alien Volcanoes is quite an easy book to read. Choice 2008 Offers a well-illustrated roundup of volcanic activity on the moons and planets of our solar system. -- George M. Eberhart College and Research Libraries 2008 The book has a wonderful and easy to follow writing style that, whilst covering quite complex topics, does not leave the average reader out in the cold, and possesses a flair almost like reading a novel... Thoroughly recommended. -- Nick Howes Astronomy Now 2008 The search for alien life has so far come up dry, but the search for alien volcanic activity is another story. In Alien Volcanoes, planetary scientist Rosaly Lopes and space artist and writer Michael Carroll take readers on a journey through space and time. Earth 2008 Alien Volcanoes advances our knowledge of volcanoes on other heavenly bodies and describes how we might better predict the impact of future eruptions. Spaceflight 2009 All of these features are documented in this entertaining and informative book, at least half of which is taken up by high-quality illustrations... an equal mix of education and entertainment for all, much to be recommended. -- Lionel Wilson The Observatory 2009 This is an attractive and very well-illustrated coffee-table book, containing many imaginative and well-executed paintings by the second author. With humans' near-fatal attraction to volcanoes, and given its lucid text and visual impact, Alien Volcanoes is certain to have wide appeal. Journal of the British Astronomical Association
Author Information
Rosaly M. C. Lopes is a principal scientist at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory and the investigation scientist for the Cassini radar instrument. She is an expert on terrestrial and planetary volcanism and the author of The Volcano Adventure Guide, Volcanic Worlds, and Io after Galileo. Michael W. Carroll is a science writer and artist specializing in astronomical imagery. His work has appeared in Time, National Geographic, Popular Science, Astronomy, and a host of other popular and scholarly publications.
