William k hartmann biography channel
William k hartmann biography channel
The Grand Tour: A Traveler's Guide to the Solar System.
William K. Hartmann
Space Artist
Dr. William K. Hartmann is known internationally as a scientist, writer, and painter.
His research involves origin and evolution of planets and planetary surfaces, and the small bodies of the solar system.
Specific research topics have included studies of cratering on the moon and Mars, leading the development of the currently most-accepted model for origin of the moon, telescopic observations of asteroids and satellites, participation in the Mariner 9 and Mars Global Surveyor Mars missions.
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Hartmann has authored three college level textbooks in astronomy and planetary science, all of which have been published in multiple editions, and roughly 200 technical papers.
He has also published a number of popular non-fiction, illustrated books on astronomy, earth science, and the Sonoran Desert.
In 1997 he published