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Required and Recommended Texts

The required text for this course is Moon & Planets (5th Ed.) by Bill Hartmann. This textbook takes the process-driven approach to planetary science that we will be using. There is some suitable mathematical material and problems in the text that we will be augmenting in the lectures and homework. Recommended supplementary texts include The New Solar System (4th Ed.) by Beatty et al., a purely narrative approach to the subject (with great pictures!), and Planetary Sciences by de Pater and Lissauer, a graduate-level treatment with a strong emphasis on advanced physics and math.



Derek C. Richardson 2005-08-31