The planets
By: Dava Sobel.
Publisher: Penguin Books
Published: 2006
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 276
Subjects: Planets; Solar system
Description: The sun's family of planets become a familiar place in this personal account of the lives of other worlds. With her gift for weaving difficult scientific concepts into a compelling story, Sobel explores the planets' origins and oddities through the lens of popular culture, from astrology, mythology, and science fiction to art, music, poetry, biography, and history.--From publisher description.
Notes: Originally published:  New York : Viking, 2005.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 261-267) and index.
Table of contents: title: Model worlds (Overview); title: Genesis (The sun); title: Mythology (Mercury); title: Beauty (Venus); title: Geography (Earth); title: Lunacy (The moon); title: Sci-fi (Mars); title: Astrology (Jupiter); title: Music of the spheres (Saturn); title: Night air (Uranus and Neptune); title: UFO (Pluto); title: Planeteers (Coda).