This text is organized by physical topic (planetary surfaces, planetary interiors, atmosphere, and so on), which allows for comparative planetology. To show the subject as a science, rather than a group of facts, Hartmann develops general principles and applies them to various planets, demonstrating unifying processes that cause similarities and differences among worlds, from ring structure to craters to atmospheric greenhouse effects.
- ISBN10 0534546307
- ISBN13 9780534546304
- Publish Date 6 August 1998 (first published 1 January 1983)
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 12 December 2013
- Publish Country US
- Publisher Cengage Learning, Inc
- Imprint Wadsworth Publishing Co Inc
- Edition 4th Revised edition
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 528
- Language English