New Earths: Restructuring Earth and other Planets
by Oberg, James Edward
- Used
- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- Good Condition
- ISBN 10
- 0452006236
- ISBN 13
- 9780452006232
- Seller
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King River, Western Australia, Australia
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About This Item
Meridian, United States, 1983. First Edition. Softcover. Good Condition. First Impression. Size: 8vo Octavo (standard book size). 283 pages. Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. No foxing in this copy. Edges browned slightly. This book is available and ready to be shipped from our local warehouse. Postage quoted is for a standard format octavo book. Final charges may vary depending on size and weight.. Terraforming is the technological alteration or creation of environments suitable for the survival of terrestrial species.New Earth is the first book to fully explore the ways in which we will meet the challenge of restructuring other planets- from releasing the deep-buried frozen waters of Mars through a "greenhouse effect" to re-aligning the moons of Jupiter. Written by a former Mission Flight Controller at NASA. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Science & Technology; United States; ISBN: 0452006236. ISBN/EAN: 9780452006232. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 6068. . 9780452006232
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- Bookseller
- Great Southern Books (AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 6068
- Title
- New Earths: Restructuring Earth and other Planets
- Author
- Oberg, James Edward
- Format/Binding
- Softcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good Condition
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0452006236
- ISBN 13
- 9780452006232
- Publisher
- Meridian
- Place of Publication
- United States
- Date Published
- 1983
- Keywords
- BZDB137 mars, terraforming, science, planets, greenhouse effect, NASA, Science & Technology; United States; ISBN: 0452006236 EAN: 9780452006232 Oberg, James Edward New Earths: Restructuring Earth and other Planets
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