A History of Modern Planetary Physics, Vol 1, Nebulous Earth - The Origin of the Solar-System and the Core of the Earth from Laplace to Jeffreys, Vol 2, Transmuted Past - The Age of the Earth and the Evolution of the Elements from Lyell to Patterson, Vol 3, Fruitful Encounters - The Origin of the Solar-System and of the Moon from Chamberlin to Apollo, by S.G. Brush