The Solar System and Back
| First published | 1970 |
|---|---|
| Publisher | Doubleday |
| Format | Hardcover |
| Type | Nonfiction |
| Cover art | Amelia S. Edwards |
| Pages | xiv+246 |
| Price | $5.95 |
Notes
Exact date and month of the first printing from the Wikipedia page linked here.
Reprints the Science columns Asimov did for "The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction" from March 1959, December 1967-April 1969. The 1959 essay, "Nothing," is part of the Introduction. Month and date of publication from Wikipedia. Back flap credits Amelia S. Edwards for the jacket.
External Links
| Title | Year | Publisher | Format | Type | Catalog ID | Cover Artist | Pages | |
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1972 | Discus / Avon | Paperback | Nonfiction | W302 | Dean Ellis | 253 |
| The Solar System and Back |
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1973 | Discus / Avon | Paperback | Nonfiction | W302 | Dean Ellis | 253 |
| Page | Title | Author(s) | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | The Seventh Planet | Isaac Asimov | Essay |
| 19 | The Dance of the Sun | Isaac Asimov | Essay |
| 33 | Backward, Turn Backward - | Isaac Asimov | Essay |
| 47 | Little Lost Satellite | Isaac Asimov | Essay |
| 63 | Little Found Satellite | Isaac Asimov | Essay |
| 77 | View from Amalthea | Isaac Asimov | Essay |
| 91 | The Dance of the Satellites | Isaac Asimov | Essay |
| 104 | The Planetary Eccentric | Isaac Asimov | Essay |
| 123 | Just Right | Isaac Asimov | Essay |
| 136 | The Incredible Shrinking People | Isaac Asimov | Essay |
| 151 | The First Metal | Isaac Asimov | Essay |
| 164 | The Seventh Metal | Isaac Asimov | Essay |
| 177 | The Predicted Metal | Isaac Asimov | Essay |
| 191 | The Terrible Lizards | Isaac Asimov | Essay |
| 205 | The Dying Lizards | Isaac Asimov | Essay |
| 218 | Counting Chromosomes | Isaac Asimov | Essay |
| 232 | Uncertain, Coy, and Hard to Please | Isaac Asimov | Essay |
| ix | Nothing | Isaac Asimov | Essay |