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This textbook details basic principles of planetary science that help to unify the study of the solar system. It is organized in a hierarchical manner so that every chapter builds upon preceding ones.

Starting with historical perspectives on space exploration and the development of the scientific method, the book leads the reader through the solar system. Coverage explains that the origin and subsequent evolution of planets and their satellites can be explained by applications of certain basic principles of physics, chemistry, and celestial mechanics and that surface features of the solid bodies can be interpreted by principles of geology.

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<p> The authors, Gunter Faure and Teresa M. Mensing, have produced a book that is remarkably up to date, nicely illlustrated, and written in an engaging style. An especially effective touch is that each chapter ends with one or more scientific briefs, introducing students to especially interesting topics in greater detail. <p> This text will significantly improve teaching and learning about planetary geoscience, and I will be using it for my own undergraduate course, supplemented with other readings. <p>H. McSween, in Elements, Vol. 4, Nr. 1, February 2008<p>

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