276 pages
English language
Published June 27, 2005 by Penguin Books.
The sun's family of planets become a familiar place in this personal account of the lives of other worlds. With her gift for weaving difficult scientific concepts into a compelling story, Sobel explores the planets' origins and oddities through the lens of popular culture, from astrology, mythology, and science fiction to art, music, poetry, biography, and history.--From publisher description.
This was a wonderful book. The author really showed the beauty of our solar backyard. Although I didn't liked the astrology parts it was overcome by the more specific and scientific parts :)
