Astronomy - Giant s of Our Solar System - Atmospheres, Composition, and Structure, 2nd Edition (SPBAPS) - (Patrick Irwin) Springer Praxis 2009.pdf

Giant s of Our Solar System
Atmospheres, Composition, and Structure (Second Edition)
Patrick G. J. Irwin
Giant s of Our
Solar System
Atmospheres, Composition, and Structure
(Second Edition)
Published in association with
Praxis Publishing
Chichester, UK
Dr Patrick G. J. Irwin
Atmospheric, Oceanic and ary Physics
Clarendon Laboratory
Oxford
UK
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Second edition published 2009
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Contents
Preface ............................................. xi
Acknowledgements...................................... xiii
List of ®gures .......................