An up-to-date, beautifully illustrated investigation of the planet Mercury.
William Sheehan is a psychiatrist, historian of astronomy, and amateur astronomer who has been an observer of Mercury and the other planets for many years. He is the author or coauthor of twenty books, including Planets and Perception, The Planet Mars, Discovering Pluto, and Jupiter, the last also published by Reaktion Books. He lives in Flagstaff, AZ, and Asteroid 16037 is named Sheehan in his honor.
