Concise and self-contained, this textbook gives a graduate-level introduction to the physical processes that shape planetary systems, covering all stages of planet formation. Writing for readers with undergraduate backgrounds in physics, astronomy, and planetary science, Armitag…
"The study of planet formation has a long history. The idea that the Solar System formed from a rotating disk of gas and dust - the Nebula Hypothesis - dates back to the writings of Kant, Laplace, and others in the eighteenth century. A quantitative description of terrestrial pl…
"The study of planet formation has a long history. The idea that the Solar System formed from a rotating disk of gas and dust - the Nebula Hypothesis - dates back to the writings of Kant, Laplace, and others in the eighteenth century. A quantitative description of terrestrial pl…
"This volume explores the range of conditions and compositions that have been proposed for Earth's early surface and atmosphere with a collection of papers presented at a 2011 GSA Pardee Symposium. Each chapter is accompanied by a commentary and followed by a transcript of the e…
"This volume explores the range of conditions and compositions that have been proposed for Earth's early surface and atmosphere with a collection of papers presented at a 2011 GSA Pardee Symposium. Each chapter is accompanied by a commentary and followed by a transcript of the e…
