Daydreaming in the Solar System: Surfing Saturn's Rings, Golfing on the Moon, and Other Adventures in Space Exploration
暫譯: 在太陽系的白日夢:在土星環上衝浪、在月球高爾夫,及其他太空探索的冒險

Moores, John E., Rogerson, Jesse, Sawyer, Robert J.

  • 出版商: MIT
  • 出版日期: 2024-10-22
  • 售價: $1,410
  • 貴賓價: 9.5$1,340
  • 語言: 英文
  • 頁數: 256
  • 裝訂: Hardcover - also called cloth, retail trade, or trade
  • ISBN: 0262049295
  • ISBN-13: 9780262049290
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商品描述

A thrilling journey through the solar system that merges imagination with hard science.

Imagine traveling to the far reaches of the solar system, pausing for close-up encounters with distant planets, moons, asteroids, and comets, accompanied by a congenial guide to the science behind what you see. What, for instance, would it be like to fly in Titan's hazy atmosphere? To walk across the surface of Mercury? To feel the rumble of a volcano brewing on one of Jupiter's largest moons? In Daydreaming in the Solar System, John Moores and Jesse Rogerson bring that dream to virtual life. Through a combination of story and science they let readers know what such an otherworldly experience would actually look, feel, and even taste like.

With data gathered over the decades by our robotic spacecraft, and with Michelle Parsons's evocative illustrations, Moores and Rogerson boldly take you where no living being has gone before, along the way giving an engaging and accurate explanation of the science. Where Carl Sagan's storied "spaceship of the imagination" provided a window to outer space, Daydreaming in the Solar System opens a door, inviting readers to step through and truly explore the strange new worlds of the solar system. Undertaking this interplanetary journey powered by hard science, there is no limit to where your daydreams can take you.

商品描述(中文翻譯)

一場穿越太陽系的刺激旅程,將想像與硬科學結合。

想像一下,旅行到太陽系的遙遠邊界,停下來與遙遠的行星、衛星、小行星和彗星進行近距離接觸,並有一位友善的導遊為您解釋所見的科學。例如,在泰坦的朦朧大氣中飛行會是什麼感覺?在水星的表面行走又會是什麼樣的體驗?感受木星最大衛星之一的火山正在醞釀的轟隆聲又是如何?在太陽系的白日夢中,約翰·穆爾斯(John Moores)和傑西·羅格森(Jesse Rogerson)將這個夢想變為虛擬現實。通過故事與科學的結合,他們讓讀者了解這種超凡體驗實際上會是什麼樣子、感覺如何,甚至味道如何。

憑藉我們的機器人太空船在數十年中收集的數據,以及米歇爾·帕森斯(Michelle Parsons)引人入勝的插圖,穆爾斯和羅格森大膽地帶您前往無生物曾經到達的地方,並在此過程中提供引人入勝且準確的科學解釋。卡爾·薩根(Carl Sagan)所描述的「想像的太空船」提供了一扇通往外太空的窗口,而太陽系的白日夢則打開了一扇門,邀請讀者走進去,真正探索太陽系中那些奇異的新世界。在這場由硬科學驅動的星際旅程中,您的白日夢可以帶您去往無限的地方。

作者簡介

John Moores is the York Research Chair in Space Exploration at York University. He is an author of nearly 100 academic papers in planetary science and has been a member of the science and operations teams of several space missions, including the Curiosity Rover Mission.
Jesse Rogerson is Assistant Professor at York University. He has over 15 years working in some of Canada's premier museums and science centres, including the Ontario Science Centre and the Canada Aviation and Space Museum.

作者簡介(中文翻譯)

約翰·穆爾斯(John Moores)是約克大學(York University)太空探索的約克研究主席。他在行星科學領域發表了近100篇學術論文,並曾是多個太空任務的科學與操作團隊成員,包括好奇號探測器任務(Curiosity Rover Mission)。

傑西·羅戈森(Jesse Rogerson)是約克大學的助理教授。他在加拿大一些頂尖博物館和科學中心工作了超過15年,包括安大略科學中心(Ontario Science Centre)和加拿大航空與太空博物館(Canada Aviation and Space Museum)。