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Titan: Exploring an Earthlike World presents the most comprehensive description in book form of what is currently known about Titan, the largest satellite of the planet Saturn and arguably the most intriguing and mysterious world in the Solar System. Because of its resemblance to our own planet, Titan is often described as a frozen primitive Earth and is therefore of wide interest to scientists and educated laypersons from a wide range of backgrounds. The book aims to cater to all of these by using nontechnical language wherever possible, while maintaining a high standard of scientific rigor.
The book is a fully revised and extensively updated edition of Titan: The Earthlike Moon, which was published in 1999, before the Cassini and Huygens missions arrived to orbit Saturn and land on Titan. As investigators on these missions, the authors use the latest results to present the most recent revelations and latest surprises about an exciting new world.
Contents:The Voyager Missions to Titan; Observations of Titan from the Earth; Cassini-Huygens: Orbiting Saturn and Landing on Titan; Titan’s Atmosphere and Climate; Chemistry and Composition; Clouds and Hazes; Atmospheric Dynamics and Meteorology; The Surface and Interior of Titan; Titan’s Origin and Evolution in the Solar System; Beyond Cassini/Huygens: The Future Exploration of Titan.
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王恩冕先生是北京对外经济贸易大学英语教授、硕士生导师，研究和教学方向为翻译理论、中外翻译史和经贸翻译。主要著作有《新编英汉翻译》、《大学英汉翻译教程》等；译著有《增长理论》、《海顿钢琴奏鸣曲》、《建立面向市场的企业》、《危机与振兴》等，在专业刊物上发表有关翻译理论的论文数篇，还常年担任美国《财富》杂志中文版的主要译者。
为了便于国内读者了解书中涉及的众多历史人物、事件、经济案例和有关法规，王恩冕先生还在书中做了一些简要的注释。