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Subject(s)

• Extrasolar planets [Browse]
• Solar system [Browse]

Summary note

Astronomer Ray Jayawardhana discusses the scientific quest to discover other planets and life in the universe, describing breakthroughs into the early twenty-first century, and examining the tools and technology available to scientists seeking life on other worlds.

Notes

Includes index.

Bibliographic references

Includes bibliographical references (pages 239-244) and index.

Contents

• Quest for other worlds : the exciting times we live in
• Planets from dust : unraveling the birth of solar systems
• A wobbly start : false starts and death star planets
• Planet bounty : hot Jupiters and other surprises
• Flickers and shadows : more ways to find planets
• Blurring boundaries : neither stars nor planets
• A picture's worth : images of distant worlds
• Alien earths : in search of wet, rocky habitats
• Signs of life : how will we find E.T.?

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ISBN

• 9780691142548 ((alk. paper))
• 0691142548 ((alk. paper))

LCCN

2010940350

OCLC

679940684

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