Wonders of the Solar System by Prof. Bryan Cox and Andrew Cohen

Beautiful book, fun, easy to read, with lots of amazing illustrations. From the sun to the terrestrial planets, from the gas planets to some of the most intriguing moons in the solar system. This book explains how the solar system might have been created and planets and moons became to be what they are now. There are amazing real life images of Saturn, Io, Europe and other places in the neighbourhood. 

This book was written in 2010 so some of the information might be out of date. This should not matter much as Wonders isn't necessarily about the latest of space research and exploration but about understanding the fundamentals of the Solar system and the profound implications this knowledge might have in the design of our future. 

* fundamental and profound are words Prof Cox likes to use a lot and for a good reason 🙂