Asimov, Isaac.Rev. and updated by Francis Reddy.Nearest the Sun: The Planet Mercury. Gareth Stevens, 1995. Introduction to Mercury for readers with little background in astronomy.
Spangenburg, Ray and Kit Moser.Mercury. Franklin Watt, 2001. An illustrated primer that includes information on NASA's past and future explorations, for readers in grades 4 to 7.
Vilas, Faith, and Clark R. Chapman.Mercury. University of Arizona Press, 1989, 1997. Twenty-seven papers from a conference that reflects the renewed interest in Mercury, a difficult planet to study.
Christiansen, Eric H., and W. Kenneth Hamblin.Exploring the Planets. Prentice Hall, 1995. Introductory text for the nonscience major.
Gribben, John, and Simon Goodwin.Empire of the Sun: Planets and Moons of the Solar System. New York University Press, 1998. An introduction to the solar system for the general reader, with photographs from the Hubble Space Telescope.
Henbest, Nigel.The Planets: Portraits of New Worlds. Viking, 1994. Current, authoritative information, with nontechnical text and excellent pictures.
McNab, David, and James Younger.The Planets. Yale University Press, 1999. Companion volume to a BBC television series.
Shirley, James H., and R. W. Fairbridge.Encyclopedia of Planetary Sciences. Chapman & Hall, 1997. More than 450 articles on the how and what of current planetary science.
Beatty, J. Kelly, and others, eds.The New Solar System. 4th ed. Cambridge University Press, 1998. Based on recent interplanetary explorations, a welcome update to our corner of the universe.
Booth, Nicholas.Exploring the Solar System. Cambridge University Press, 1996. Lively text and outstanding color photographs.
Greeley, Ronald, and Raymond Batson.The NASA Atlas of the Solar System. Cambridge University Press, 1997. Maps and photographs of the planets and major satellites from NASA.
Weissman, Paul R., and others, eds.Encyclopedia of the Solar Systems. Academic, 1998. For the non-specialist, a reference that informs and stimulates curiosity about our solar system.
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