The Planets
$14.95		(Win95/98/Me) (Retail) (DISCLIB2PR)

This product is included in Webster's New World Family Discovery Library II

Scientific American Library/Simon & Schuster Interactive/Byron Preiss Multimedia

Reference / Astronomy

Ratings:

4 stars from PC Entertainment

The Ultimate Tour of the Solar System with Scientific American Library

Planetary Museum - Experience the solar system through a 3-D gallery of images, movies, and animations with accompanying text from Scientific American Library's book Exploring Planetary Worlds.

Planetary Traveler - Take a trip along the surface of Venus or any other planet in the solar system. Specially created 3-D models of the planets and fly-bys give you the sense that you are flying through the solar system.

Observatory - View the sky at any time and locations and then watch how the planets move across the sky. Locate any consellation by consulting the acclaimed astonomical field guide, Seeing the Solar System.

Solar System Kit - Build your own solar system planet-by-planet and control it's atmosphere. Dr. Donald Goldsmith host of the PBS series The Astonomers, provides commentary and tips on your new worlds.

Requirements:

PC with 486DX/33MHz or higher processor, 8MB RAM, SVGA graphics (256 colors with 640x480 resolution), Double-speed CD-ROM drive or faster, MPC-compatible sound card, mouse or compatible pointing device, Windows 3.1 or Windows 95/98/Me.

Reviews:

PC Entertainment, March 1996

"Hitchhike across the solar system with The Planets, a Scientific American Library release from Simon & Schuster and Byron Priess. This Windows CD-ROM combines more than 60 spectacular videos and animations with the text from the book Exploring Planetary Worlds, by David Morrison, chief of the Space Division at NASA Ames Research Center.

"Best of all, you can build your own planet, create life, and then set the whole thing into orbit in your own solar system. Dr. Donald Goldsmith, host of the PBS series The Astronomers, provides you with tips.

The disc also includes a Planetary Traveler module that lets you view 3-D images of Venus taken by the Magellan satellite, as well as the pictures NASA's Voyager II took of Neptune and Uranus."

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