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Illustrations
Preface
Part I. Planetesimals and Stelllar Encounters: 1. Introduction
2. A geologist among astronomers: the Chamberlin-Moulton theory
3. Jeans, Jeffreys and the decline of encounter theories
Part II. Nebular Rebirth and Stellar Death: 4. Introduction
5. Methodology
6. Nuclear cosmochronology and Hoyle's research programme
7. Cameron's programme
8. Isotopic anomalies and the supernova trigger
Part III. Planetogony and Plasma: 9. Safronov's programme
10. The giant planets
11. Chemical cosmogony: the terrestrial planets
12. Alfvén's electromagnetic programme
Part IV. Whence the Moon?
13. Introduction
14. Early history of selenogony
15. Harold Urey and the origin of the moon
16. History of modern selenogony
Abbreviations
Reference list and citation index
Index.