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|title=Solar System

|author=Marcus Chown

|borrow=Yes

|isbn=978-0571277711

|pages=224

|publisher=Faber and Faber

|date=November 2011

|website=http://www.marcuschown.com/

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|summary=With beautiful photographs of the wonders of the solar system, ''Solar System'' is a gorgeous coffee table book for anyone with even a passing interest in astronomy. Marcus Chown's descriptions are in-depth enough to warrant considered reading, but if you're after a simple and casual flick through, you'll still find plenty to appeal.

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''Solar System'' starts with the Sun and moves outwards, through the planets and dwarf planets, and their moons. We learn about asteroids and comets and their place in the solar system. We learn about astronomers and their place in history. It's the sort of hefty book that, when it's had its time on the coffee table, takes its place on a large bottom shelf, and is picked up by an inquisitive child who pores over it.

For more space-based reading, take a look at [[Packing for Mars: The Curious Science of Life in Space by Mary Roach]], [[The Comic Strip History of Space by Sally Kindberg and Tracey Turner]] (which is intended for children, but worth reading at any age), and [[The Pluto Files: The Rise and Fall of America's Favourite Planet by Neil deGrasse Tyson]].

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