Evolution of the Solar System
by Hannes Alfven, Gustaf Arrhenius
Publisher: NASA 1976
ISBN/ASIN: B001OR8Q68
Description:
A realistic attempt to reconstruct the early history of the solar system. The authors chose a procedure which reduces speculation as much as possible and connects the evolutionary models as closely as possible to experiment and observation.
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