Europa (The University of Arizona Space Science Series)

When somebody says, "He wrote the book on Europa!" they're speaking literally. This is the actual book. It's a technical mountain to climb, but oddly accessible as a matter of introduction and organization even to the layperson interested in learning more about the future of space exploration. This is one of those textbooks you buy and never sell, because the quality of your personal library is improved immeasurably by its very presence.

This is an amazing book. It's huge! Packed with everything (for the most part) that is known about Europa. I am not anywhere near finished yet but I am loving the detail. One word of warning is that it is written by scientists for scientists. I'm not a scientist and some of the details make my eyes glaze over. I just kind of trudge through those parts. Not many pictures for those who want a coffee table book. This is a reference book and is for reading. Worth the price and then some.

This is definetely a book suited for higher-learning unavailable on common bookstore shelves. If you have a serious interest about Jupiter and its major moons, this book supplies the best amount of accumulated knowledge about Europa. A beautiful cover, but only a handful of pictures inside with the majority being charts and false-color data. A mix of technical jargon and specific scientific terms doesn't make it a beginner's read, but both scientists and space enthusiasts would understand the data in this book.

Awesome book but not new it said new but was trashed so I returned and bought elsewhere

One truly awesome book. It has everything you can possibly need (from undergrad to PhD level)! Originally written, as a compilation of peer-reviewed article-like chapters. Also contains beautiful colored pictures.Definitely recommend it to anyone interested in Europa's geology, geophysics and interactions with the neighboring system.

The Space Science Series published by the University of Arizona Press are now in its 36 years of publication, the first volume "Planets, Stars and Nebulae studied with Polarimetry" by T.Gehrels being published in 1974. Until Protostars and Planets IV (published in 2000), the books were published in a handy format, some titles howevercounting over 1000 pages (!). This changed when "The Origin of the Earth and Moon" by R.M. Canup/K. Righter waspublished in 2000. The format became larger and as a result the number of pages diminished substantially, bearing in mind however the high quality of the Series. I look forward to "Exoplanets", thee next title in the Series, which is scheduled to be published by the end of this year.

As long as there is a mission to Europa itself taking place..this book will serve as an idea to what to expect when such mission is under taken. I haven't been through whole book yet but theories about its geology is fascinating...if you're interested..consider getting one ...

Good read and teaching tool